JPH06259417A - Sentence information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prepare a table in which columns are made uniform without taking trouble and time by providing a means for setting the uppermost stage of the table or a column position of one arbitrary line, aligning other lines with the column position of the line and making automatically the columns uniform in the lump. CONSTITUTION:The processor is provided with a central processing unit(CPU) for executing a program, a RAM(random access memory) for storing sentence data and values of each variable, a ROM(read-only memory) for storing a control program, a printer controller, a printer, an IC card, an IC card interface, a floppy disk(FD), an FD controller, a keyboard, a key interface, a display device, and a display controller. Such a sentence information processor is constituted so that the columns can be made uniform automatically in the lamp without depressing a 'column arranging' key, whenever one data is inputted, with respect to table data in which column positions are not uniform, at the time of preparing the table.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a text information processing apparatus having a function of inputting / editing text such as a word processor and a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the above-mentioned text information processing apparatus, when aligning the digits of data such as a table, an operator normally inserts blank characters one by one while watching the display screen. It was done by doing and deleting. Alternatively, there is a device in which the cursor displayed on the display screen is moved to the tab position set in advance RAM by the operator pressing the tab key prepared on the keyboard. And realized the "digit alignment" function (Sharp Shoin series).

In the above function of a word processor or the like, when the "digit alignment" key is pressed, the cursor moves to the tab position, waits for the input of letters and numbers, and in the case of numbers, aligns the digits so that the position becomes the decimal point position. In the case of characters, the digits are aligned so that the position is at the left end. For example,
When tabs are set on the display screen as shown in FIG. 9A, if the "digit alignment" key is pressed, the cursor moves to the tab position as shown in FIG. 9B. Here, the number “123.
When "4" is input, the digits are aligned so that the decimal point is at the tab position as shown in FIG. 9 (c). When the "digit alignment" key is pressed again, the cursor moves to the next tab position as shown in FIG. 9 (d), and when the character string "ABC" is entered here,
As shown in FIG. 9E, the digits are aligned so that the left end of the character string is at the tab position.

[0004]

In the text information processing apparatus such as the word processor and the computer described above,
A method in which the operator manually inserts or deletes blank characters one by one to align the digits is very time-consuming and time-consuming. Also in the case of the "digit alignment" function, the "digit alignment" key must be pressed every time one data is input, which is troublesome. Further, since the tab position is used as a reference, it is necessary for the operator to set the tab position to an appropriate position according to the number of digits of data.

The conventional apparatus as described above has a problem in that the operator often has to operate the apparatus, which is troublesome, time-consuming, and troublesome.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the text information processing apparatus of the present invention sets the column position in the top row of the table or any one line in the table data in which the column positions are not aligned. It is characterized by having means for setting and automatically aligning the columns of the other rows automatically according to the column positions of the rows.

In addition, in tabular data in which the digit positions are not aligned, a tab position is arbitrarily set, and means for automatically aligning the digits collectively in accordance with the tab position is provided.

Further, in the table data in which the digit positions are not aligned, there is provided means for setting the minimum number of blanks between the left and right data and collectively aligning the digits so as to meet the condition of the minimum number of blanks. To do.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in a text information processing device such as a word processor or a computer, when a table is created, table data whose digit positions are not aligned is pressed with the "digit alignment" key each time one data is input. It is possible to automatically align the digits collectively without pressing.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A text information processing apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a central processing unit (CPU) for executing a program, 2 is text data and values of respective variables. RAM (random access memory) for storing 3 and ROM (read for storing control program)
(Only memory), 4 printer controller, 5 printer, 6 IC card, 7 IC card interface, 8 floppy disk (FD), 9 FD controller, 10 keyboard, 11 key interface, 12 display The device, 13 is a display controller. The IC card 6 and the FD 8 are the above ICs, respectively.
Controlled by the card interface 7 and the FD controller 9, data can be loaded / saved. Further, the key interface 11 discriminates the key pressed on the keyboard 10 and converts it into the corresponding data.

In the present embodiment, the following two methods are used to specify the area to be processed for alignment.

One way is by the "area designation" function. "Area designation" key is provided on the keyboard,
The area is specified by inputting this key on the first and last lines of the target. "Specify area"
By performing the above, the target area is stored in the RAM as area designation data. Another method is to provide a blank line in which no data is input before and after the region to be processed. If you execute the alignment function while moving the cursor inside the area surrounded by the blank lines,
The data in that area is subject to digit alignment.

Examples for realizing the respective methods of the present invention will be described below, but it is assumed that the target sentences are all horizontally written sentences. Further, the expression “L (DP)” means the DP th of the array variable L (), and if LP = 1, the processing of the first row in the processing area, DP
= 1 means the first process counting from the left.

Regarding the method of aligning the digits with the top row or any one row as the reference row, an embodiment for realizing the method of aligning the digits with the top row as the reference row will be described below (using any one row as the reference row. The method of aligning the digits is omitted because it is almost the same).

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of this method, which is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6 (b), all the following lines are aligned by setting the column position only in the uppermost row as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for implementing the method.

In step S1, a necessary variable area is secured on the RAM and initialization is performed. As shown in FIG. 2, array variables L () and R () for storing the digit position, a row pointer LP indicating the position of the current row, a data pointer DP indicating the number of data in the row, D to store the number of lines
N, S for storing how many blank characters to insert, and EN for storing the number of errors are secured, initialized (LP = 1, 0 otherwise), and the process proceeds to S2. However, the minimum number of blanks MIN,
The maximum value MAX is not used in the method.

In S2, the uppermost row for reference of the digit position,
The number of data is stored in the variable DN, and the digit position is stored in the array variable LR. The leftmost digit position of the first data is stored in L (1), the rightmost digit position of the first data is stored in R (1), and so on.
Go to 3.

In S3, the value of the row pointer LP is incremented by 1 and the line is moved to the next line. Further, the value of the data pointer DP is set to 1, and the process proceeds to S4.

At S4, it is determined whether the data (first at first) indicated by the data pointer DP is a character string or a numeral, and if it is a character string, it proceeds to S5, and if it is a numeral, it proceeds to S6. .

In S5, a value obtained by subtracting the leftmost digit position number of the data pointed to by the current DP from the value of the array variable L (DP) is stored in the variable S, and the process proceeds to S7 (for example, DP = 2.
L (2) = 18, and if the left end of the second data is the 10th digit, then S = 8).

In S6, the value obtained by subtracting the number of decimal places of the data pointed to by the current DP from the value of the array variable R (DP) is stored in the variable S, and the process proceeds to S7 (however, in the case of an integer, the decimal point Subtract the digit positions where there should be).

In S7, it is checked whether the value of the variable S is positive or negative,
If it is positive, the process proceeds to S8, and if it is negative (error), the process proceeds to S9.

In step S9, error 1 (the number of digits in the data is too large compared to the uppermost row and digit alignment cannot be performed normally), and the process proceeds to step S11.

In S11, the value of the data pointer DP is set to 1
Increase and proceed to S13.

In S13, it is determined whether or not the value of the data pointer DP is larger than the data number DN in the uppermost stage. If it is larger, the process proceeds to S15, and if not, the process returns to S4.

In step S15, error 2 (the number of data in the current row is larger than the number of data in the uppermost row) is processed according to the processing routine in the ROM, and the process proceeds to step S16.

On the other hand, if the variable S is positive in S7, S
8. In S8, blank characters are inserted in the RAM immediately before the target data in the number of variables S, and the process proceeds to S10. As a result, the digit position of the target data is aligned with the uppermost data.

Next, in S10, the current line (line pointer LP
RAM) to see if there is still the next data
Judgment is made from the text data in the above, and if there is, proceed to S11, and if not, proceed to S12.

In S12, it is determined whether the DP value and the DN value are equal. If they are equal, the process proceeds to S16, and if they are not equal, the process proceeds to S14.

In step S14, the processing for error 3 (the number of data in the current row is smaller than the number of data in the uppermost row) is performed according to the processing routine in the ROM, and the process proceeds to step S16.

In S16, it is determined whether or not the next line is a line to be processed based on the text data and area designation data in the RAM. If so, the process returns to S3, and if not, the process proceeds to S17.

In S17, it is determined whether EN is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to S18, and if it is not 0 (if there is an error), the process proceeds to S19.

In S18, a message indicating normal termination is displayed and the process ends.

In S19, error information (in which line the number of data is large or small, the number of digits of data is too large and the digits do not match, etc.) is displayed, and the process ends.

Regarding the method of aligning the digits according to the tab setting position, an embodiment for realizing the method of aligning the digits according to the tab setting position will be described below. FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of the present method, and shows that all lines are aligned as shown in FIG. 7B by setting the tab positions by the operator as shown in FIG. 7A. There is. Since the method of realizing the above method is almost the same as the method of, only different points will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for implementing the method.

In step S1, a necessary variable area is secured in the RAM, initialization is performed (LP = 1, 0 otherwise), and the process proceeds to S2. The variables to be secured are the same as those in the method shown in FIG. 2, but there are variables R (), MIN, and MAX that are not used in this method.

In S2, the set value of the tab position is stored in the array variable L (), and the number of tabs set is set to the variable DN.
, And proceed to S3 (for example, if tabs are set only in the 10th and 20th digits, L (1) = 10, L
(2) = 20 and DN = 2 are set).

The steps S3 to S5 are the same as the method.

In S6, a value obtained by subtracting the decimal point position of the data pointed to by the current DP from the value of the array variable L (DP) is stored in the variable S, and the process proceeds to S7 (for example, DP = 2, L =).
(2) = 18, if the decimal point position of the second data is the 10th digit, then S = 8).

Since the method after S7 is the same as the method after that, the explanation is omitted.

Regarding the method of determining the minimum number of blanks between data and aligning the digits accordingly, an embodiment for realizing the method of determining the minimum number of blanks between data and aligning the digits accordingly will be described below. FIG. 8 is an example of the method,
The data shown in FIG. 8A indicates that all the lines are aligned as shown in FIG. 8B only by the operator inputting the minimum number of blanks.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for implementing the method.

In step S1, a variable area as shown in FIG. 2 is secured in the RAM, initialized to 0, and the process proceeds to S2.

In S2, the operator inputs from the keyboard how much the minimum number of blanks between data in the horizontal direction is to be set, stored in the variable MIN, and the process proceeds to S3.

In S3, the value of the data pointer DP is incremented by 1, the value of the row pointer LP is set to 0, and the process proceeds to S4.

In S4, the value of the row pointer LP is incremented by 1, and the process proceeds to S5.

In S5, the number of blanks between the data currently being targeted (pointed by DP and LP) and the immediately preceding data (pointed by DP-1 and LP) is calculated. , A blank is inserted according to the processing routine in the ROM so that the number of blanks is the minimum, and the process proceeds to S6.

In S6, it is determined whether the type of the target data is a character or a number, and if it is a character, the process proceeds to S7, and if it is a number, the process proceeds to S8.

In S7, the leftmost digit position of the target data is substituted into the array variable L (LP), and the process proceeds to S9.

In S8, the digit position of the decimal point of the target data is assigned to the array variable L (LP), and the process proceeds to S9.

In S9, the value of the array variable L (LP) is compared with the value of the variable MAX, and if L (LP) is large, S10.
If MAX is large, the process proceeds to S11.

At S10, the value of L (LP) is substituted into the variable MAX, and the routine proceeds to S11.

In step S11, it is determined whether the next line is a line to be processed according to the processing routine in the ROM.
Judgment based on the document data and area designation data in M,
If so, the process returns to S4, and if not, the process proceeds to S12.

As described above, by repeating S4 to S11 a required number of times, the DP-th data in all rows in the area have a minimum number of blanks between them and the DP-1th data, and This means that the variable MAX stores the digit position of the data located on the rightmost side among the DPth data of all rows.

Next, in S12, the value of the variable LP is initialized to 0, and the process proceeds to S13.

In S13, the value of the variable LP is incremented by 1, and S
Proceed to 14.

In S14, the variable S is MAX-L (LP).
Value is substituted, and the process proceeds to S15.

At S15, blank characters are inserted by the number of variables S immediately before the target data (data indicated by DP and LP), and the routine proceeds to S16.

In step S16, it is determined whether the next line is a line to be processed according to the processing routine in the ROM.
Judgment based on the document data and area designation data in M,
If so, the process returns to S13, and if not, the process proceeds to S17. Thus, by repeating S13 to S16 a required number of times, the column positions of the DP-th data in all the rows in the area are aligned.

Next, in S17, according to the processing routine in the ROM, it is checked by the document data in the RAM whether or not there is the next data (to the right of the current target data),
If so, the process returns to S3, and if not, the process ends.

[0064]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention has the above-described structure, it is possible to perform digit alignment without creating time and effort when creating a table in a text information processing device such as a word processor or a computer, which is good looking. You can create a table.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a text information processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing use variable names used for creating a document of this apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for realizing column alignment in the present apparatus using the uppermost row or any one row as a reference row.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for realizing digit alignment according to a tab setting position in the present apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for determining the minimum number of blank spaces between data and realizing digit alignment in the present apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of digit alignment using the uppermost row as a reference row in the present apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of digit alignment by tab setting in this device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of digit alignment by tab setting in this apparatus.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of digit alignment using tab setting in a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2 Random Access Memory (RAM) 3 Read Only Memory (ROM) 4 Printer Controller 5 Printer 6 IC Card 7 IC Card Interface 8 Floppy Disk (FD) 9 FD Controller 10 Keyboard 11 Key interface 12 Display device 13 Display controller

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In tabular data whose digit positions are not aligned,
A text information processing apparatus having means for setting the column position of the top row of the table or an arbitrary line and automatically aligning the columns of the other lines collectively according to the column position of the line. 2. A text information processing apparatus having means for arbitrarily setting tab positions in table data whose column positions are not aligned and automatically aligning the columns collectively according to the tab positions. 3. A text information processing apparatus having means for setting a minimum number of blanks between left and right data in table data whose column positions are not aligned, and aligning columns collectively so as to meet the condition of the minimum number of blanks.