JPH04149670A - Index generator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a burden on an operator and to prevent the omission of an index from occurring by providing an index character retrieval means which automatically retrieves a character established as the index out of data to be stored, a retrieval character storage means which stores a retrieved character and information with respect to the character by conforming to each other, and a character arranging means. CONSTITUTION:A character retrieval means 2 retrieves the character that can be set as the index from the data stored in a data storage means 1, and outputs the character relation information of a corresponding character string and the information of a presence page and a row number, etc., when it is judged that the character is the one that can be set as the index. The retrieval character storage means 3 stores the output information of the means 2, and the character arranging means 4 rearranges the retrieval character stored in the character storage means 3. Also, the means 4 inspects the superposition of index characters, and erases superimposed characters when they exist, and the character relation information of the presence page and the row number, etc., of an erased character is added on the character to be left as the index. Thereby, it is possible to automatically retrieve the character to be established as the index, and to reduce the load on the operator, and simultaneously, to prevent the omission of the index item from occurring.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention automatically creates an index by extracting specific data from data created in an information processing device such as a word processor or a personal computer that inputs and edits characters. The present invention relates to an indexing device for creating an index.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of computers and word processors, it has become possible to search for characters or character strings with high efficiency.

Conventionally, this type of index creation device has a data storage means for storing created data, an index mark adding means for adding marks to characters desired to be indexed in the created data, and a search for characters attached to the added marks. The apparatus includes an index mark search means for storing search characters, a character string storage means for storing search characters, and a high-power means for outputting the stored characters.

The operation is such that the operator adds a specific mark to the character string that the operator wants to use as an index during or at the end of data creation. After the addition is completed, an index is created by extracting the characters attached to the mark added by specifying index creation.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, the operator has to add a mark to each character that he or she wants to index, which makes the mark input work cumbersome, and there is also the problem of incomplete indexing due to forgetting to add marks. .

An object of the present invention is to provide an index creation device that solves the above-mentioned conventional problems.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an index character search means that automatically searches for characters that can be used as an index (for example, a noun string) from stored data; and a search character storage means for storing information related to the characters in correspondence with each other, and a character arrangement means for rearranging the searched characters and organizing duplicate characters.

Effect of the Invention With the above-described configuration, the present invention automatically searches for characters that can be used as an index without the operator having to add marks to each character that he or she wants to index, thereby reducing the operator's burden and at the same time indexing items. It is possible to prevent this from coming off.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the index creation device of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is also a flowchart of one work.

In Fig. 1, 1 is a data storage means for storing created data, 2 is an index character search means for automatically searching the stored data for characters that can be used as an index, and 3 is a character related to the searched character. 4 is a character organizing means for rearranging the searched characters and sorting out duplicate characters; 5 is an output means for outputting the information stored in the search character storage means; be.

Regarding the index creation device of this embodiment, which is composed of the above-mentioned components, the mutual relationship and operation of the components will be explained below. In this embodiment, the explanation will be made on the assumption that the data for creating the arches has been input into the data storage means 1 in advance.

Based on FIGS. 1 and 2, it is assumed that one document is stored in the data storage means 1.

When index creation is specified (Y in step 6), the character search means 2 starts searching for characters that can be searched from the beginning of the data stored in the data storage means 1 (step 7). As a result of the search, if it does not correspond to any character that can be used as an index (for example, a noun string) (N in step 8), the search for the next character that can be used as an index from step 7 is started. If so (Y in step 8), the relevant character string and character related information such as existing page and line number are output to the search character storage means 3. The search character storage means 3 stores the output information of the character search means 2 (Step 9), and from Steps 7 to 10-! until the search for all data is completed! Repeat the process.

Next, when all the data has been searched (step 1
(Y) of o), the character organizing means 4 is the above-mentioned search character storage means 3.
Sort the index characters stored in (Step 11)
, steps 11 to 12 until all characters are sorted
Repeat the process up to.

Further, when all the index characters have been rearranged (Y in step 12), the character organizing means 4 performs a duplicate index check (step 13). If there is a duplicate (Y in step 14), the duplicate character is deleted, and character-related information such as the page and line number where the deleted character exists is added to the remaining characters as an index (step 16). Steps 13 to 16 are repeated until the duplication check for all characters is completed.

When all the duplicate tests are completed (Y in step 16), the output means 6 outputs the index characters stored in the search character storage means 3 (step 17), and the process ends.

In addition, in this embodiment, an example has been described in which the search for characters that can be used as an index is generally set in a noun string, but this is not limited to noun strings. For example, the character search means can be set so that only alphabetic characters are used as an index. Then, it is possible to extract the corresponding alphabetic characters.

Further, although this embodiment does not explain an example of erasing data by creating an index that is unnecessary for the operator, it goes without saying that data can be easily erased in the same way as erasing characters using a word processor or the like.

Furthermore, it is clear that the created index data can be saved by appending it to the end of the data or in a separate file.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiment, the device can automatically search for characters that can be used as an index without the operator having to add marks to each character that he or she wants to index. This has the effect of reducing the load on the system and at the same time preventing missing index items.

Furthermore, by extracting the number of duplicate characters from the prosecutor's office results, it is possible to investigate the frequency of use of specific characters, and to change the expression method by rearranging characters such as Ai-Ue-O order.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an index creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the same operation. Means, 3...Search character storage means, 4...Character arrangement means, 6...Output means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A data storage means for storing the created data, an index character search means for automatically searching the stored data for characters that can be used as an index, and storing the searched characters and information related to the characters in association with each other. An index creation device comprising a search character storage means for searching, a character organization means for rearranging searched characters and sorting out duplicate characters, and an output means for outputting information stored in the search character storage means.