JPH038078A - Dictionary retrieving device for english word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the English word processor of high additional value by providing a means to retrieve the candidate of a correct word from a built-in dictionary and to display the candidate for one part of the word segmented in a text. CONSTITUTION:A wild card '*' expresses an arbitrary character string and a '?' expresses one arbitrary character. For example, when 'lib*' is inputted and a word key is pushed, words starting from the lib are displayed on a display and when the word of 'library' is selected out of these words, the 'lib*' in the text is replaced with the 'library.' When a 'U??fu*' is inputted and the word key is pushed, the words, for which a starting character is (u,) arbitrary two characters come next, further, ful is continued and ending is the arbitrary character string, are displayed and the word of 'usefulness' is selected out of these words. Thus, the dictionary retrieval function of the word is realized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dictionary search device for English words in an electronic document creation machine of an English word processor.

Conventional technology Conventional English word processors (hereinafter referred to as English word processors) do not have a function to search for correct word candidates from a built-in dictionary when only part of a word is known and the rest is unknown. There wasn't.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional dictionary search device as described above, there is a problem in that if there is a word whose spelling is unknown during input, it is necessary to look it up in the dictionary each time.

There are also word processors that have a spell check function;
This FI ability was only for detecting and correcting spelling errors, and was different from the so-called everyday act of looking up a dictionary.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a dictionary search device for an English word processor that has a dictionary search R function of looking up a dictionary, which conventional English word processors do not have.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the dictionary search device of the present invention includes:
When only a part of a word is known, by cutting out part of the word in the text, the correct word candidate can be searched from the built-in dictionary and displayed on the display. This is what I did.

Effect: With the above configuration, the correct word can be immediately obtained by simply selecting the correct word from among the word candidates displayed on the display, without having to look up each unknown word in a dictionary. It can also be used as a spell check function.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the flowchart of the algorithm of pVtAf3'lJ, which is a part of the present invention.
(Here, let's say you press the word key) to start a dictionary search for the word where the cursor is currently located (if the cursor is not on the string, the nearest word before the cursor).

Note that the word "" is a portion sandwiched between two delimiters (space, tab, carriage return, text end).

Wildcard (ne or ?) within this specified word
If the word Ifkt& is not included, it is assumed that the wild card "ne" is added to the word Ifkt&. and "?" represents any single character.If the word cut out in the text screen is "Qib book", search all words starting with "Ωib" from the built-in dictionary. , all of these candidates are displayed on the display.At this time, if a single matching word is not found, a message to that effect is displayed.When the candidate AA is displayed, press the cursor movement key. If you use the or space bar to specifically display one word from the displayed candidates (for example, reverse display) and press the selection key (for example, carriage return key) at the desired word, the screen will return to the original text screen, The specified word cut out from the text will be replaced with the correct selected word.Also, if you want to end the selection process midway through, press the end key (for example, the Cancel key) and the screen will return to the original text screen. .

At this time, if all candidate words cannot be displayed on the display, the candidates are scrolled and displayed using a cursor movement key or the like.

Furthermore, when replacing a specified word in text with a selected correct word, it is possible to perform the following lowercase-uppercase conversion by using another key instruction.

(1) Convert the correct JILn lowercase letters to uppercase letters in the part of the text that corresponds to the uppercase letters of the original word.

(2) If the original word in the text consists of only uppercase letters and delimiters, convert all letters to uppercase.

Next, some specific examples will be given and explained.

(Example 1) If you input ', atbne' and press the word key, the word j starting with rQib will be displayed on the display as shown in Figure 2 (a).
” is selected, Ω1b*” in the text is replaced with “1ibrary” as shown in FIG. 2(b).

<PA2) If you input "U???fu1 book" and press the word key, as shown in Figure 3(a), it will start with "U"'C", then any two characters will come, and then ful will follow. , a word ending with any example letter will appear on the display. If we choose usefu Iness' from among these candidates, we can select "U??fUl*" in the text as shown in Figure 3(b).
” is replaced with U 5effness '.

(Example 3) If you want to use it as a spell check function, that is, if you want to check whether the word "l 1brary" is spelled correctly, press the word key after entering this word, and this will appear on the display. If the word appears, it means it is spelled correctly.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a dictionary search function for looking up words, which was not available in conventional English word processors. It can also be used to provide higher added value to word processors.

It goes without saying that it can also be applied to foreign languages other than English (eg German, French, etc.).

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of a dictionary search device for an English word processor showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2(a), (b), and 3(
aHb) are diagrams each explaining a specific example of the operation.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dictionary search device for an electronic document creation machine of an English word processor, which is provided with means for searching a built-in dictionary for a correct word candidate from a part of a word cut out in a text and displaying it on a display. A dictionary search device for an English word processor.