JPH10301921A - Method for synthesizing character string group selected from character string data file with another data and computer-readable recording medium having recorded program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain document data to which a character string of another data is inserted or connected. SOLUTION: In the method, the variable names or the like of character variables are included in any of items of a data file consisting of plural lines each of which consists of plural items including one or more character string storinig items, and required lines less than a condition to be satisfied are extracted or selected. The values of character string variables having the variable names included in the data of the data file are substituted for a series of sequential character string variables separately prepared. The substituted values are inserted or connected into/with the other part of a character string to be obtained finally in fixed order. The method includes the execution of a program including these processes. These processes are recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a fixed phrase or the like in which data is inserted by using a computer, or a computer-readable recording in which data and a program having the program or structure for the method are recorded. Regarding the medium. More specifically, the present invention is suitable for a case where a fixed phrase includes a complicated variable portion, a case where the entire length greatly changes, and a case where a large variety of fixed phrases must be handled. The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a fixed phrase or the like into which data is inserted, or a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for the method is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The processing speed of computers has become faster and faster, and large-scale and complicated office work using relational database software for commercially available personal computers, which took a long time, can now be performed in terms of processing speed. Have been. On the other hand, the era is changing rapidly, and even if a software system or the like for automatically launching fixed phrases incorporating various data can be changed frequently. For this reason, the development of a programming language system that requires time for development and has specialized knowledge to change and a programming language that requires time and effort is becoming increasingly inconvenient for computer users.

[0003] Many spreadsheet software and database software can automatically insert document data into a data file for creating fixed phrases and automatically output document data by using a program. It is. Some commercially available word processors have a function of inserting separately prepared data into a designated location of a document file and outputting semi-automatically. Such usage is one of the fields where the use of a computer is still most effective in labor saving in paperwork.

[0004]

However, although the above-mentioned method may be capable of processing the data to be inserted to some extent, it is prepared based on one document format into which the data is to be inserted. In the sense that only the insertion portion changes, only one type of document can be created. On the other hand, fixed letters and application documents often have slightly different parts in one of many formats, and often require documents in several formats with slightly different formats. .

[0005] In the case of using a standard letter or the like printed by a printing machine, if a variety of printed matters are produced, it is costly, inventory management is troublesome, and a lot of space is required in a storage place for the printed matter. Therefore, if you try to use a single format for multi-purpose, and create an alternative method that includes extra information, you will not receive the necessary information or the presence of extra text, Are misleading,
Or it tends to give discomfort.

[0006] Therefore, if an attempt is made to construct a system for automatically publishing letters and other various documents by software when a number of such documents are required, a number of document formats in which a large number of types of data are inserted are required. In order to use the external memory unnecessarily or to select the desired document format, a lot of document formats with different file names must be described in the program. The more files there are, the more complicated the program becomes, and the more restrictive the file name selection is for other purposes.

Further, when the number of data to be inserted into a document of a certain format is variable, it is necessary to prepare the maximum number of insertion sites, so that waste of paper space when printing is made, There are disadvantages such as the inability to output only necessary information. Therefore, if the number of data is variable or the number of document formats becomes too large for such a reason and the difficulty of preparing and selecting many document formats, it is necessary to edit the word processor manually after all. However, it is better to rewrite the variable part, and it is often easier.

When a document automatically created by a program is further added by a word processor at the time of completion, the person who operates the program being executed and the person who adds by a word processor are the same. Is so common that you can add to it without any message in a word processor and remember that you can only operate the program if you are familiar with the field and a savvy person It will be. If it is possible to select the necessity of additional text in a program with a message, even a person who is not very familiar can operate.

As described above, conventionally, in order to automatically output various texts by inserting data into a single fixed document, there is an insufficient response to a change in the number of insertion points, and it is not necessary to delete unnecessary portions. There was a problem that was possible, a problem that it was not possible to assign all the string variables and functions used in programming to the data insertion part of the standard document.

The inventor previously created a child program including a variable file and data from a random file in a text file (sequential file of character strings) in which variable names and variable insertion locations are recorded. By executing the child program, we created a basic program that substitutes variables and inserts them into the text file. This program can delete lines with no value in the insertion data part, but did not select only necessary text files from many text files according to the conditions. Required separate and sequential files.
However, although sequential files can be easily edited and corrected by a word processor, it is necessary to create a large number of modified documents that are slightly changed even if one fixed phrase is taken. The processing of paragraphs that should be and paragraphs that should not be is very troublesome in a program.

In the programming stage,
A program must be created along with the target document. These documents and programs are generally created by separate software. on the other hand,
Speaking of fixed documents, there are many files for fixed documents because there is no other way but to make a separate file with a slight difference. Therefore, the program can be completed only by repeatedly viewing the program list on the display, switching to the word processor during programming, and opening and closing a number of files for the standard document one after another. This task is more troublesome than you might imagine when it is actually done, and as the content gets more complicated, it can frustrate the willingness of programming.

Further, since each of the fixed phrases needs to be rewritten in accordance with the change of the times, a sequential file for a plurality of fixed phrases and a program which generates a number of branches in response to the change, particularly a program In the case where the memory area is limited, matching is very difficult.

One of the difficulties is that, while a program is not being executed, a sequential file of a large number of character strings is compared side by side, and a desired small number of character strings are extracted from the character strings. Was selected and displayed in the same way as when the program was executed, because it was not done by a simple operation. Such an operation could be performed by using a table file such as a relational database software capable of displaying a table in a commercially available format, but the convenience of using the file cannot be predicted. Software has a format file (form file), so nobody generally considers creating a document based on the data stored in a table file, or data from another file. It was not possible to predict the feasibility of inserting the data and the feasibility of printing the data quickly.

[0014]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problems have been solved.
It has been discovered that the problem can be solved by using the method of the present invention described below and the program and data file recorded on the computer-readable recording medium of the present invention. That is, the present invention provides (1) “data having a structure including a plurality of lines, each line including a plurality of items including one or more character string storage items, and at least one or more In the line, character string variables, where character string variables include character string variables permitted in the programming language, symbols indicating values of items of another data file different from the data,
Variable names, function names, symbols representing item values, etc., which include functions that take character string values, etc. {hereafter referred to as variable names} 1
The above is included in any of the character string storage items.
From the data of the data file stored in advance in the data file storage means, the value of the predetermined one or more items satisfies the conditional expression based on the one or more input data input by the input means, The desired line,
A procedure for obtaining data consisting of selected rows by extracting or selecting only those rows that contain one or more rows containing the variable names, storing each row of the selected rows in the character string storage item In outputting the target character string derived from the value that was set, it should be used in the line including the variable names among the data of the selected line, or in the line including the variable names and the combination. On a line containing a string constant,
In those lines, the value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name stored in at least one of the character string storage items or the character string constant to be used for synthesis, and the other character string storage item The character string is combined with the character string stored in the item and / or another part of the character string stored in the same character string storage item to obtain a target character string, and the generated character string group data is obtained. The program includes a procedure for recording and / or printing in a file and / or displaying on a display, wherein the compositing includes: 1) a) during execution of the parent program, from the string variables or the string constants. After recording a separately prepared child program file having an assignment expression to a series of character string variables in a sequence, the child program file recording means transfers the execution to the child program, and then returns the execution to the parent program. Or b) From the item value character string of each line that records a character string indicating a variable name of the data file or a character string constant to be used for synthesis in any of the items, Is recorded in a memory, and a character string corresponding to the character string is stored in a character string variable recording means so as to have a certain relation with the value of the character string variable. A search was made among the recorded variable names, and for those that corresponded, the values of the character string variables obtained from the association were prepared, and for those that did not correspond, the character string value as it was as a simple character string was separately prepared. By substituting into a series of string variables, in a certain order, the values of the string variables having the variable names included in the data of the data file and the synthesis when they exist Should be used for The string constant value is assigned to the separately prepared sequence of string variables, and 2) the substituted value of the separately prepared series of string variables is stored in a string storage item. Character strings for various purposes, in order to generate the group of target character strings together with the character strings that are used, in accordance with the predetermined order, and for use in a composition consisting of replacement and / or concatenation. A method of synthesizing a character string group of a specific purpose using a computer program based on the data of the data file including the prototype of the group and the other data ”, and the procedures included in the above method. Or a computer-readable recording medium that records the program and the data of the data file. Here, the "character string constant to be used for synthesis" can be used for synthesizing a desired character string in addition to the variable names because, for convenience, a symbol indicating a line not deleted in the data file, etc. Can be substituted, and the effect of the present invention can be realized without this function. Hereinafter, the point of “character string constant to be used for composition” will be omitted, and the description will be made assuming that the variable names are used to compose a desired character string.

One Example of Available Software In order to create and execute a program for implementing the method of the present invention as described above, some specific or specific commercially available software is used in some embodiments. Any commercial software or combination of commercial software may be used, depending on the specific embodiment. The conditions necessary for the specific example of generating a child program during the execution of the program of the present invention can be realized by relational database software under the following conditions. "(I) One or more items and one or more items capable of generating and storing a program file in an external storage device and executing the same, and including data including a character string in each item of each line. A data file for storing a data group consisting of the following rows can be generated and stored in an external storage device, and (ii) during execution of the program,
It is possible to specify that a data file is handled as described above, and if a data file containing data is handled, the item value of any specified line can be recorded in a predetermined buffer in memory. Therefore, the data value for each item on the line can be assigned to a variable using a predetermined symbol corresponding to the item name. (Iii) During the execution of the program, all lines of the data file that have been generated as described above And selecting or extracting any one or more rows that match the designated conditional expression, and temporarily storing the data group storage form of the selected rows in the internal memory and / or from the selected rows And (iv) transfer execution from one designated step of a program to one designated step of another program. Are possible, and, (v)
During execution of a program, another executable program file can be written to the external storage device according to the instructions of the program, or an unexecutable data file containing the program is written to the external storage device, and then Data files can be changed to program files. 』

Further, in order to easily print a data file in a desired format, as described in a method of outputting to a printer later, it is necessary to use m.
It is convenient to have a function to "transpose" a data file of one line and one item into a data file of one line and m items.

An example of such application software is "Kiri (registered trademark) Ver.5" (or "Kiri Ver.4"), which is relational database software manufactured by Management Engineering Laboratory Co., Ltd. In this specification, explanations are given based on the model of the batch processing file and table file included in "Tungsten Ver.5". Refer to Management Engineering Laboratory Co., Ltd.).

Using "Tungsten Ver.5", "table file",
And a “batch processing file” can be created and recorded in an external storage device. The program can be created in the batch processing file. In the table file, a data file described in the present invention can be created. The batch processing file is a file of an executable interpreter program. Because the interpreter program can be executed immediately, it is generally necessary to create another simple program (called a child program in this specification) during execution of the program, and to transfer the execution to the created program. In many cases, "Kiri Ver.5" can be executed by writing the program in one table file and changing the name of the table file to an executable name. I can do it.

The table file made with "Tungsten Ver.5"
A row, that is, a collection of records, where each row or record contains a plurality of items (the value of which is indicated by the item name enclosed in []), and each item contains no data or It may include recorded string data or numerical data (the data may be in coded form). In this manner, a data group consisting of a plurality of rows including one or more items can be formed.

On the other hand, with respect to programming, the present invention is not limited to the use of "Tungsten Ver.5", but includes the use of any programming language that satisfies the conditions. Also, as described below, the present invention includes the use of languages other than those capable of creating child programs and the use of languages other than the interpreter. That is, another specific example of the present invention that does not involve generation of a child program during program execution, in particular, when synthesizing a character string, assigns a character string that matches the variable names of the data file to those character string variables. Use any language software if you want to obtain the values of the string variables by searching from the variable names of the string variable recording means prepared in advance during the execution of the substituted program. It's clear what you can do. Therefore, for example, the present invention can be implemented by combining database software provided with open database connectivity (ODBC) and dedicated software of a programming language.

How to assign to a series of string variables prepared separately
Method 1) Substitution using variable names obtained from the data file
Create a child program with an expression during execution of the parent program
It is In the programming language that can make a that way the child program, can be used this way. This method has the following method, for example. B) In a buffer provided on the main memory of the computer,
When the item value of a certain line (hereinafter referred to as the current line) is saved and the item value of that line is obtained, the current line is moved from the first line to the last line of the line including the variable names of the data consisting of the selected line Then, through the buffer, obtain a string variable indicating the variable name, and at the same time, record it in the item for creating a child program while linking a series of separately prepared assignment expressions to the string variables, How to write out the item as a child program file.

B) A term including a variable name is replaced with a “replace” command for all the lines including the selected variable name of the item value (for example, “Reference 2” (“Kiri ver. Manual)), and the use of the "#serial number" function ("#serial number") (refer to the same book: a function that gives a sequential number in line order when performing substitution), a series of string variables prepared separately Method to concatenate the assignment expression part to each variable name and write it out. If the term to be written includes a character string other than the variable names, and the character string other than the variable names cannot be replaced with a non-character string (null string) by the “replace” command, The method cannot be used. If there are two or more variable name items on one line, for example, when using the above-mentioned “Kiri ver. The child program can be recorded in a one-item table file by writing it to a text file as a symbol and then reading it into a one-item table file with empty contents.

2) On the basis of the variable names obtained from the data file, an address on the memory where the values of the character string variables are stored is searched for, and the method of obtaining the data, or the factor Prepare a function that returns the value of the string variable if it is the string shown, and use it

In this method, the programming language may not be able to create a child program.

Depending on the programming language, it is possible to know the address where the value of the character string variable is stored by using the variable name as a clue (refer to a manual in a basic language of a personal computer in an early 16-bit machine).

Also, a developer of a programming language can directly or indirectly know where a variable name used in the language is recorded. In such a case, it is possible to assign to a series of string variables separately prepared by this method.

It will be useful to those skilled in the art to know once what type of variable is stored in memory using what code and where the variable is stored in memory using what code and rules. It is easy to know the value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name if it is stored.

For the same reason, if a person skilled in the art knows that it is useful to prepare a function that returns the value of a string variable when the factor is a character string indicating the variable name of the string variable. Preparing such a function is easy for those skilled in the art. The same can be said for the symbol indicating the item value and the function. 3) A method in which use permitted character string variables are determined in advance, and the values are recorded in the character string variable recording means.

Even in this method, it is not always necessary to create a child program in software of a programming language to be used.

If the user of the programming language cannot use the function as described in the above 2) or cannot know the storage address of the variable in the programming language, the program in the programming language is used. The creator decides in advance the character string variables used in the program that can be used for insertion into the data file storing the prototype of the document, etc., and needs those character string variables In a certain execution stage of a program in which a desired value has been assigned to a program, a character string indicating the variable names of all the character string variables to be used and the value of the character string variable are stored in an empty memory or an external storage device. It is recorded in character string variable recording means such as the above file. Then, when the character string indicating the variable names is obtained from the data file, the character string indicating the variable name of the data recorded in the character string variable recording means is searched, and the above-described association method is performed. , It is possible to obtain the values of the corresponding character string variables, and with a slight difference in speed, the same effect as if the storage address of the variable is known can be obtained. Even if a file is created on an external storage device as a character string variable recording means, a RAM
The execution speed does not decrease much by using a disk or a hard disk. For example, as an example of the slowest programming, in "Kiri ver.5", for storing a variable having an item to store a character string indicating a variable name and an item to store the value of the character string variable In the table file, at the stage of substitution during program execution, 37 variables were recorded in total, and a character string indicating eight variable names was recorded. The character string indicating the name is taken out and assigned to a series of string variables, and for each of these string variables, the corresponding row is searched in the variable storage table file, and the string variable value of that row is Even if it is reassigned to the string variable of
The extra time required by using this method was about 12 seconds on a personal computer operating at 90 MHz.

Here, the method of associating the character strings indicating the variable names with the values of the character string variables and the method of retrieving the character strings indicating the matching variable names are as shown in the example immediately above. It is obvious to those skilled in the art or can be easily realized by commercially available software. That is, as shown in the example of "Kiri ver.5", a "table file" having a character string item indicating a variable name and a value item of a character string variable is created, and the variable name is changed. The item of the indicated character string is searched for a matching character string, and the item value can be obtained from the item of the value of the character string variable in the line.

Further, it is easy for those skilled in the art to create character string variable class recording means on an empty memory. The creation of the character string variable recording means on the external storage device can be easily realized by preparing any commercially available software.

Items Dedicated to Line Selection In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, each line of a data file storing a prototype of a sentence or the like includes one or more character string storage items and one or more line selection numbers, characters, and symbols. It has a structure consisting of a plurality of rows having items dedicated to row selection. In such an embodiment, the value of the row selection item itself is used,
A row that meets the conditions can be selected without processing the value, and an unlimited number of row selection items can be created to enable complicated selection from a large number of rows.

Method for Selecting or Extracting Rows According to Conditions Most of the commercially available relational database software and spreadsheet software have such a function, or even if they are processed by another language software, the rows can be selected. The extraction itself is easy for those skilled in the art, and it is common in various ways to select records or rows that satisfy certain conditions for a certain item or index from a large number of records or rows even for data files other than commercially available software. Since there are many things that should be obvious to those skilled in the art, in this specification, specifically, how a computer selects a row is described. do not do. Although the detailed contents are not indispensable to the configuration of the present invention, as an example, regarding
"The step of extracting or selecting a conditional expression based on one or more input data input by the input means only in a desired row satisfying a value of a predetermined item is stored in the data file storage means. Reading all or part of the data including the predetermined item into the first memory means at a time or sequentially; b) setting at least one condition based on each of the at least one input data inputted by the input means to the second memory means; C) out of all the rows of the data file, each of the portions corresponding to the search item value in the read data on the first memory means, and input by the input means. The value of the second memory means, which records one or more conditions based on each of the one or more input data, is compared with the value of the second memory means as many times as necessary. Emotion For that to be recorded in the third memory means, c) the row recorded in said third memory means,
14. A method according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising recording all data as a temporary data file. ].

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the step of extracting or selecting only desired rows whose conditions and item values match conditions based on one or more pieces of input data input by the input means is performed in the desired data file. And recording the extracted or selected data only as a temporary data file. In such an embodiment, since the temporary data file is recorded in the external storage device, various necessary writes are subsequently performed on the temporary data file, and the subsequent processing is performed without changing the original data file. I can do it.

In the specific example of generating a child program,
Method of “constant order” -1 : child program to spare item
Temporary Recording and "Constant Order" Another preferred embodiment of the present invention is that when the temporary data file is recorded on an external storage device, the step of generating a child program file is performed by using the variable name of the recorded temporary data file. In the spare item of the line containing the class, record the number of occurrences of the variable names and the instructions to be assigned to the series of separately prepared string variables to be included in the child program. And writing a child program completed by adding a return instruction to the parent program as a program file. According to this aspect, when a child program file is generated, a corresponding assignment instruction (the character string variable value → separately prepared) is added to a line further selected in the variable including the variable names of the recorded temporary data file. Since a series of character string variables) is described, a procedure of substituting into a series of character string variables separately prepared in a “certain order” can be realized without extra programming. Further, at that time, the variable names of the string variables in the series are associated with the line number of the further selected line (the order of the lines including the variable names) and the appearance order of the variable names. Then, when each assignment instruction of the child program file is created, the above-mentioned "constant order" can be realized completely automatically only by counting the line numbers and the numbers in the order of appearance. An example of one way to do this is as follows.

In the above embodiment, the "certain order" can be realized by the following example. After selecting a line with the first occurrence variable name, the current line is changed from 1 to the last line, and in each line, the item in which the first occurrence variable name is recorded (that is, the item value of each item of the current line is changed) Variable name obtained from the corresponding item location in the buffer area on the recorded memory), and associated with the selected line and the first appearance of the "sequentially prepared series of character string variables" And repeatedly record the assignment instruction in the spare item, then select the line with the second occurrence variable name, change the current line from 1 to the last line, and in each line, Obtain the value from the item in which the second occurrence variable name is recorded, and associate it with the variable name determined in relation to the line order of the selected line of the "separately prepared series of character string variables" and the second occurrence, and reserve The assignment instruction in the item is the next step of the assignment instruction recorded earlier. Repeat to add, this procedure below,
By repeating the third appearance variable name to the variable name of the latest appearance order, the correspondence with the variable names of the separately prepared series of character string variables is changed to the first to last, second, The order is such that the variable names appear in the order of 1 to last, and finally, the variable names appearing in the latest order are the first to last. In general, the number of lines with the first occurrence variable name can be overwhelmingly greater than the number of lines with the second and subsequent occurrence variable names,
For programs that require a variable declaration of a "sequence of separately prepared string variables" used at the beginning of the program, use the above procedure to reduce the number of declared variables. Is preferred.

However, in the case where the occurrences of the variable names are sequentially counted by the variable for the counter, or in the case of a program which does not require a variable declaration in advance, after selecting the line with the first occurrence variable name first, The current line is changed from 1 to the last line, and in each line, the item in which the first occurrence variable name is recorded (ie,
The value is obtained from the current line, that is, the corresponding item location in the buffer area on the memory that records the item value of each item of the processing line), and the above-mentioned counter of "separately prepared series of string variables in order" is obtained. The assignment order is recorded in the spare item by associating the number or the line order of the selected line with the variable name determined in association with the first occurrence, and if the line has a variable name of the second or later occurrence in the line, The number of the counter or the line order of the selected line is associated with a variable name determined in association with the second and subsequent occurrences, and an assignment instruction as a step next to the assignment instruction already in the spare item is added after that. Repeat that. In this case, in some cases, the processing speed may be slightly faster than the previous procedure. However, if the number of occurrences of a variable in one line is extremely large, branching occurs in the program by the number, and the program becomes extremely long. Also,
If there is no counter and the variable is declared, and the variable with the slowest appearance is in the line near the end, the prepared number of the variable with the slowest appearance is not the same as the variable with the much larger number in the first appearance. must not.

By recording the steps of the substitution instruction of the child program in the spare item of the same temporary file,
The corresponding order is easily achieved as described above.

The "constant"
Method of realizing "order" -2 : "Replace" command and " #serial number"
Use of numbers

If an item dedicated to storing only the variable names is created, the variable names are not obtained by changing the current line as described above, but are provided in "Tungsten Ver.5". Using the replacement command and the `` # serial number '' function that gives a sequential number to the line of the last selected line, the expression to be substituted into a series of character string variables in one item during execution of the program Can be realized in. This can be written out during the execution of the parent program to create a child program. "Constant order" is included in the line order of the selected lines of only the selected lines of the data file that include the variable names, and the variable names of the separately prepared string variables realized by the serial number function Can be easily achieved by the order in which the numeric characters are responded in line order. According to the results of actual testing with a model program using “Tungsten Ver.5”, the execution speed of this method in the child program creation stage was faster than the method of the first period under the same conditions (method 5 in the first case). This method is about 3 seconds per second).

A method of synthesizing a character string group a ) When replacing a substitution symbol in a character string: A preferred embodiment of the present invention is as follows: [Character string storage in a line containing variable names among data of the selected line] Combining a target character string group with the value of a character string variable indicated by a variable name stored in at least one of the character string items and the character string stored in the character string storage item Is a character that is included in an arbitrary position in the character string of any of the character string storage items and indicates a substitution symbol corresponding to the item storing the variable name by the character indicated by the variable name. By performing the process of replacing with the value of the column variable,
Alternatively, by performing a process that combines the process with the connection of the item value of another character string storage item and / or the replacement of the symbol part designated in advance and / or the deletion of the unnecessary line. Obtaining data including a final desired character string group processed in one item, the data being composed of the selected line or the line in which the unnecessary line is deleted from the selected line.
Here, the replacement with the value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name included in the processing is as follows: 1) The variable name is included in the data of the selected line in the child program in a certain order. Producing a child program file containing instructions for substituting each of these values, if any, for the string variables into a series of separately prepared string variables; 2) the string In a state in which predetermined values are given to the variables, the execution of the program is transferred to the child program and the instructions are executed, whereby each of the values taken by each of the character string variables is converted into the series prepared separately. And 3) the value of the assigned series of separately prepared character string variables, and the character string storage item value of the data from the selected row according to the fixed order. In the string of A portion of the issue 換記,
A specific purpose character string group based on the data file including prototypes of various target character string groups and other data according to the above (1), wherein Method. ].

In this embodiment, one of the character strings in one line
When character string variables are specified for each of the above optional locations, and the value of the character string variables specified for those locations, that is, for example, one record of some other data file is selected Can be inserted with a symbol representing a certain item value of the record, a character string variable to which a value is substituted, a value of a function including the variable, or a specific character string. That is,
A place for inserting a plurality of variable values per line can be provided. Although the designation of the place where the character string variables are inserted is made in the item including the main display content, each variable name is sequentially recorded in another character string storage item according to the appearance order. Is good. By doing so, the order of occurrence of variables can be ordered in a fixed manner for all lines, and finally the place where the selected character string group is to be replaced is specified in the correct order Can be replaced by

However, if the location of a specific character string in the character string can be searched, the place where the value of the character string variable should be inserted in any of the items including the one main display content is also a variable. Naturally, it is possible to include both names, and to enter the variable names directly in the place where the value of the character string variable is to be inserted.

B) The character string storage items and variables are stored in a certain order.
In the case of concatenation in the introduction , another preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method in which “variable stored in at least one of character string storage items in a line including variable names of data of the selected line” By synthesizing the target character string group by the value of the character string variable indicated by the name and the character string stored in the character string storage item, the value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name is By performing processing consisting of concatenating with one or more character string storage items in a predetermined order, or by concatenating the processing with the item value of another character string storage item and / or By performing processing in combination with replacement and / or deletion of unnecessary lines, the final desired character string composed of the selected line or a line from which the unnecessary lines have been deleted among the selected lines and processed in one item Consists of obtaining data containing groups Here, the concatenation of the value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name and one or more character string storage items in a predetermined order is as follows: 1) In the child program, the selected line If a value is given to a character string variable whose variable name is included in the data consisting of, a child program including an instruction to substitute each of those values into a series of character string variables prepared separately. Generating a file; and 2) transferring the execution of the program to the child program in a state where a predetermined value is given to the character string variables and executing the instruction, whereby each of the character string variables is taken. And 3) substituting each of the stored values into the separately prepared sequence of string variables, and 3) the value of the substituted separately prepared series of string variables and the data from the selected row. One or more fixed sentences The character string group for various purposes according to (1), characterized in that the character string groups are connected to the item value character strings of the column storage items in a predetermined manner according to the predetermined order. A method of synthesizing a character string group for a specific purpose based on the data file and other data including the following. ].

In this embodiment, like "Name: OOOO",
For example, for a title character string in each line on the left side, it is useful for a format such as a form in which data corresponding to the right side is to be entered. It is possible to eliminate unnecessary rows by deleting rows for which no value is given.

Output of the processed data file to the printer
In addition, commercially available database software can produce a printout format file that can have a location for each item to print out one document per line of any data file; In addition, in the case of having the ability to transpose an m-line file composed of two items into a one-line file composed of m items, the present invention converts the character string group of the finally obtained data file into a desired format. It can be printed easily. A printout format file formatted in a predetermined manner is provided with a display area having the number of items corresponding to the number of lines per page to be printed and having the maximum width allowed for each line. This gives m
A one-line file composed of items can be printed quickly. Further, if several such print output format files are created with different formats, it is possible to cope with several line numbers and widths.

In an actual program, when there are n lines of data including the final desired character string group, the lines exceeding the position of the set line maximum width are sequentially arranged from the beginning of those lines, or For English sentences, lines that exceed the line delimiter that is less than or equal to the maximum line width that is closest to the set line maximum width are sequentially wrapped at such positions within the line maximum width, and divided into multiple lines. Is increased to n ′ lines, the n ′ lines are sequentially extracted m lines at a time, and each of the extracted lines is transposed to one line of a temporary file having 1 to m items with the number of items m. After conversion, the contents of 1 to m items in one line are printed by using a prepared printing format file including a 1 to m item display section for a temporary file for the above, and m lines are printed. Repeat printing.

Such an embodiment can be easily realized according to, for example, a flowchart shown in FIG. This procedure can also be used when printing a character string whose data file originally does not include any variable class names.

Of course, after the character string group finally obtained is written out as a text file, the child process is started and the word processor is operated, so that the document obtained from the middle of the program can be edited in more detail by the word processor. It can also be easily done or printed. For example,
In "Kiri ver.5", if you record the path name of the word processor program file and the parameter of the document name to be written out and edited in the execution number 1 in the environment setting, "System 1" will be executed By doing so, the word processor program can be executed. Alternatively, even if they are not recorded in the environment setting, it is possible to start another program such as a word processor during execution of the batch processing program in the format of “system <program name><parameter>”. Therefore, if the word processor is activated during the execution of the program, the printer output method described above may not be required. However, if a number of print forms are not required, the above method does not require restarting other programs, and is very simple and convenient.

Description of Programming in a More Specific Form To facilitate understanding, in one preferred embodiment, one of the items for storing character strings in a data file is replaced by the value of one or more character string variables in the data file. The item name "sentence" that stores a character string that may have a replacement symbol part to be replaced, and the item name "variable" that stores each variable name in the order of appearance when character string variables exist in the line 1 ",
It is assumed that “variable 2”, “variable 3”... Are provided. In another preferred specific example, the following description will proceed assuming that items having item names “left text” and “right text” are provided as character string storage items (left item, right item). It is also assumed that in each of the specific examples, the item names “selection 1”, “selection 2”,... Such a data group consisting of many rows is referred to as a data group A
And A data group of a plurality of rows in which only the rows for which the row selection item satisfies a certain condition is selected is A '.

In the former specific example, "variable 1", "variable 2", "variable 3",... In a character string "sentence" representing the value of the item name "sentence" of each of A '. Indicates the position of a part (variable part) to be replaced with the value of the character string variable specified by recording the variable name in the item. The values of the character string variables in which the variable names are recorded in the items of “variable 1”, “variable 2”, “variable 3”... Are, for example, values of another multi-item multi-line data file. The item value of the item in one selected row of data group B,
Alternatively, the value may be obtained from a value related to the item value (for example, a value processed by a function) or another value (for example, a value obtained by processing a value input from an input unit during execution of a program). Those "Variable 1", "Variable 2",
If variable string variables, which are the item values of “variable 3”, can be assigned in a fixed order to the string variables in a series of sequences prepared separately, a series of sequences prepared separately By replacing the value of the character string variable in the same fixed order with the specified replacement position in the character string that is the item value of “text”, the character string value of the synthesized “text” item can be obtained. .

In the latter specific example, the item value stored in the item of “right sentence” in the item name of A ′ is the same as the character string variable name and the item value of another data file (data group B). It may be a symbol, a function name, or a constant itself. If the character string variables of the variable names, which are the item values of the "right text", can be assigned in a certain order to the separately prepared string variables in a certain order, a sequence of these separately prepared characters The values of the column variables, in the same fixed order, "left sentence"
The value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name of the value of the “right sentence” item can be linked to the item value of the “left sentence”.

The target sentence data group created in this way can be used even for many types of fixed-form documents including a complicated variable part. This is because even a slightly different sentence can be selected from several types of sentences by selecting using the above selection item, and the portion expressed as a portion to be replaced with a variable, for example, is replaced with another portion. This is because various character strings derived from or not derived from various item values of a certain selected line such as a data group B and a data group C composed of multiple lines and multiple items can be used.
In addition, since the function of "selecting" or "extracting" only the corresponding line that satisfies a certain condition prepared in the commercial software, the above "selection 1" and "selection 2"
..., Etc., it is possible to easily select a row required for each job by using items such as..., So that the stage of preparing the data group A is extremely easy.

There are several methods for replacement. In one embodiment, the use of interpreter program software that allows the creation of a child program in a parent program running in a computer and allows execution to be transferred from the parent program to the child program is performed in the following manner. Can be done. Hereinafter, each procedure according to the program execution in this specific example will be described.

A) When it is obtained in the grammar of the program, a sufficient number of characters in the parent program, which is equal to or larger than the expected number of character string variables (variable parts) of the data group A 'comprising the selected line, is obtained. For example, "& variable i" (i is an integer and i = 1 to
A sufficiently large number) or, for example,
"i", "& variable 3i", etc. (separately prepared sequence of character string variables) are declared and prepared.

B) Before or after step c), the multi-line data group B to be substituted (here, item names "B ¹ " to
Assuming that “B ^x ”, the item values are [B ¹ ] to [B ^x ]
Open) (Executing "Table B" if necessary, and "Editing table B" if necessary)
In that state, the certain line is selected or searched. Thereby, the item value can be referred to, that is, the item value of the line is recorded in a predetermined buffer in the memory, or the necessary item value to be substituted is extracted from the line, or , A value related to the item value (that is, a function including the item value) or another value can be obtained and assigned to a predetermined variable (variable names can be stored in the data group A). Also, here, the data group A
[B] indicating an item value as a variable name that can be stored in
ⁱ ] can be used as it is.

C) The multi-row data group A is selected by using the selection items as described above, and is stored in the storage means as a data group A 'including the selected rows. The storage means may be a main memory, a magnetic fixed disk, a magnetic flexible disk and its drive device, and a writable optical disk and its drive device, or an internal memory part that can replace the storage device, such as a RAM disk, or other Storage device and its medium.

D) The following steps d) and e) correspond to the data group A '
Is a procedure for substituting the string variable values of the variable names included in the above into a series of separately prepared string variables. There are several ways to do this.

Here, a method of generating a child program during execution of a parent program will be described for the moment. The data group A ′ is opened, and in the case of the former specific example, only the line in which the variable name is recorded in “variable 1” is selected. Next, for all the lines selected in order, the same instruction is executed based on the character string indicating the variable name recorded in the item of "variable 1" or "right sentence" by the instruction of the parent program as follows. The character string group for the child program step is recorded in the "spare item" prepared in the file of the data group A '. Here, & I is an integer that increases sequentially from 1. Also,
[Right sentence] is a character string constant that can appear in a program as it is, such as ""
＠ "” or the like. Example of the former specific example ·····························································
(& I) + "=" + [right sentence] ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・Example of the latter specific example・ ・ ・ ・・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Line correction [Preliminary item] = "& variable one" + # st
r (& I) + "=" + [variable 1] ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Line correction [preliminary item] = "& variable 2" + # st
r (& I) + "=" + [variable 2] ........... Line correction [preliminary item] = "& variable 3" + # st
r (& I) + "=" + [variable 3] ...

This "spare item" is written out as a table file, and further, a step of a return instruction to a parent program (file name "oya.cmd") to a predetermined label (for example, it is assumed that a label "name tag return point" is provided). And create a child program. As a result, as an example of the former, if the following right side is recorded in each line of [right sentence],
The following program steps are written out as child programs. & Variable 1 = [B ₉ ] & variable 2 = # character string ([B ₆ ] * 100) & variable 3 = & name & variable 4 = # date (94.02.03) Process execution "oya.cmd", return point (However, the one with & is a character string variable, the one with # is a function, and the file name of the parent program is oya.cmd. , Return from child program to name tag or label of parent program, "return point").

These are the data group A 'of the data file.
For example, it is created while obtaining the symbol described in the item of the item name "text", that is, obtaining the variable name, the symbol representing the item name, the constant, or the function including these. Since the child program is created by the parent program, &
Variable 1 to variable n (or & variable 1, & variable 1, 2, ..., variable 2, 1, variable 2, ..., & variable 3, 1, ... Can vary extremely depending on how the row is selected using the row selection item specified by the parent program, and, for example, when using the value of data group B, depending on the content. I can do it.

As another method of creating a child program during execution of the parent program, there is the following method. After selecting a line in the data group A ′ in which a character string indicating a variable name is recorded in any of the items, the items “variable 1”, “variable 2”, and “variable 3” ............
Select each value of [Variable 1] <>"" Replace [Variable 1] = "& Variable 1" + # Serial number + "=" + [Variable 1] Select [Variable 2] <>"" Replace [Variable 2] = "& Variable 2" + # Serial number + "=" + [Variable 2] Select [Variable 3] <>"" Replace [Variable 3] = "& Variable 3" + # Serial number + "=" + [Variable 3] ………… ………… changes to the contents of the child program. Next, the values of the items “variable 1”, “variable 2”, “variable 3”.
Write to a text file with the same separator between items as the step separator in the program. For example, assuming that the right side of each text file is recorded, & variable-1 = [B ₉ ] ,,,, & variable-1 = # character string ([B ₆ ] * 100) , & variable two 1 = [B _3] ,,, & variable one 3 = & name ,,,, & variable one 4 = # date (94.02.03), and variable two 2 = & document name, ,, etc. Next, the child program is read into the one-item table file by reading the delimiter into the one-item table file with the contents empty as neither the delimiter of the program step nor any other used character. Can record. Here, the extra delimiter "," is deleted. To do this, use the "# character replacement" function that can be used in the replacement command to delete the character string ",," with a replacement command that replaces the character string with "", and then add one space, for example, to the end of the item using the replacement command. By using the "# character replacement" function to delete the character string "," with a replacement command that replaces the character string "" with "", the necessary delimiters are retained and all unnecessary delimiters can be removed. Then change this to an executable file name to create a child program. This method is faster than the one described above.

E) Next, for example, referring to the one selected row of the data group B, the execution is shifted to the child program created in the step d), and then the predetermined return of the original parent program is performed. By shifting the execution to the stage, the target value is substituted for & variable i (i = 1 to n).

D ') As an alternative to steps e) and d), there is another method which is not a method of creating a child program during execution of the parent program. This method can be used with any language software. In this method, before executing the program, character string variables used in a program that can be used for insertion into the data group A or the data group A ′ are determined in advance. In any of the steps after the step b), the variable names of the character string variables determined to be usable and their values are converted into a table file in the following manner. Is recorded in the character string variable class recording means. For example, assuming that a table file “variable storage.tbl” has an item [variable name] and an item [variable value], and assuming that a value has already been recorded in the [variable name] item, the table "Variable storage.tbl" Position specification Line number = 1, line correction [Variable value] = & Name Position specification Line number = 2, line correction [Variable value] = & Address ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・Continue until the variable values of all variables that can be used for data insertion are recorded in this file. In step d '), a temporary file of the data group A' consisting of the selected line is opened, and only the line in which the variable name is recorded in "variable 1" is selected in the former specific example. Next, for all the lines selected in order, the recorded string variables, for example, a series of separately prepared string variables (& variable-1, 1,
& Variable-2,…, & variable-2, & variable-2,…, & variable-3 1…)
Substitute for Here, the number of variables is recorded. In the line where the variable names are recorded in [Variable 2], the variable names are also recorded in [Variable 1]. The main points of the example program are as follows. ········ Edit table “datagunA.tbl” selection [selection 1] = * “Special” * selection [selection 2] = “application” export table, “ichiji.tbl”, { [Sentence], [Variable 1], [Variable 2], ...} Table "ichiji.tbl" ... & N = 0 selected [Sentence] = * "▽ 1 △" * Branch (#empty file), second variable 1 position specification line number = 1, & variable 1 = [variable 1], & N = & N + 1, position specification line number = + 1 branch (#end line), 2nd variable 1 & 1 variable = [variable 1], & N = & N + 1, position designation line number = + 1 branch (#end line), 2nd variable 1 & 1 variable = [variable 1], & N = & N + 1, position designation Line number = +1 Name tag Second variable 1 & N1 = & N, & N = 0 selection [text] = * "▽ 2 △" * Branch (#empty file), third variable 1 position specification line number = 1, & variable 2 1 = [variable 2], & N = & N + 1, position specification line number = + 1 ...・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Next, the order of the series prepared separately for the number of the variables Whether or not there is a line that sequentially matches the value of the item “variable name” in which the variable name of the table file (“variable storage.tbl”) of the character string variable recording means is sequentially recorded. For example, search is performed as follows. Editing table "Variable storage.tbl" Branch (& N1 <1), Second variable 2 search [Variable name] = & Variable1,1 & Variable1 = [Variable value] Branch (& N1 <2), Second Variable 2 search [variable name] = & variable-1 && variable-1 = [variable value] Name tag 2nd variable 2 branch (& N2 <1), 3 variable 2 search [variable name] = & variable 2,1 & variable 2 1 = [variable value] branch (& N2 <2), third variable 2 search [variable name] = & variable 2,2 & variable Math 2 = [Variable value] Branch (& N2 <2), Third variable 2 If there is a line to be executed, the item value of the item of the character string variable class value of the corresponding line is substituted into the string variable in a series of sequences prepared separately. If there is no corresponding line (the last line without the record next to the last line is the corresponding line), a series of separately prepared character string variables in the sequence will have a non-character string value.
In the "Kiri ver.5", a total of 37 variables are recorded, and a character string indicating each variable name is recorded for each line in the inserted document data file that records character strings indicating eight variable names. Is retrieved and assigned to a series of string variables, and for each of these string variables, the corresponding row is searched in the table file for storing variables, and the string variable value of that row is converted to the above series of string variables. In the case of re-substitution, the extra time required by using this method was about 12 seconds on a personal computer operating at 90 MHz, which was a sufficiently practicable speed. It is presumed that much faster processing is possible when using software in a language dedicated to programming.
This concludes the description of step d ') instead of steps d) and e).

F) Next, the part of the data group A 'consisting of the selected line, which is specified to be replaced with the character string variable value, is sequentially identified by & variable i (or & variable i,..., & Variable (2j, ..., & variable 3k, ...). For example, specifically, in the former preferred specific example, {[left sentence] = [left sentence] + & variable i} is sequentially performed on all lines, and the value of & variable i is calculated as follows.
Concatenate with [left text], which is an item for storing a character string that does not include a variable part. In the latter preferred embodiment, if there is a function such as #character replacement (a, b, c) (replace b portion of character string a with c), the & In the same order in which the values were transferred to i, & variable2j, ..., etc., for each variable such as & variable-1i, and for each part "Xi" to be replaced, [Sentence] = # character replacement ([Sentence], "Xi", & variable i) may be executed.

G) Output the item value of the replaced “text” or the value obtained by connecting the value of & variable i to the item value of the “left text”.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to understand the first program of the present invention,
The following is a description using a specific example of a data file and some simple program examples in a specific programming language.

Embodiment 1 This embodiment selects a line in a data file for formatting,
Insert a character string obtained based on the data value of another data file that records application data into those selected lines, and apply for patent, utility model, design, trademark, etc. application procedure, amendment, etc. Here is an example of automatically creating a send document.

1) First, each line has, for example, item names “left text”, “right text” and “spare” which are character string storage items, and item names “document” and “ A data file (file name such as "BUNSHO.TBL") containing "Four methods", "Den P", "Issued", "Number of inventors" and others.
And Hereinafter, the data file may be referred to as a “table”. Prepare).

The invariable part on the left side of each line of all forms to be created is recorded in the item of "left side text".
When a serial number is given at the beginning of a column, the same number is not always entered in the same column. Therefore, a symbol for replacing with a serial number is entered without entering. Also, a line including only an invariable part is put in the item of "left sentence" or "right sentence". However, blank lines that must not be deleted are shown in the "right sentence"
In the item of, put a symbol to be replaced with a blank line later.
In the column of "right text", in addition to the above symbols, character constants,
The variables and item values corresponding to the type of data to be entered, and functions including these are recorded by their variable names, item name symbols, and function names. The choices are [Documents], [Four Laws],
The symbol corresponding to [Term] is recorded in [P]. For example, if the application is a "document,""Request" is written in the [document].
In the case of a patent, "Special" is recorded in [Four Laws], and in the case of a utility model, "Real" is recorded. Are recorded as "P". The item name “Spare” is left empty (FIG. 2A
reference).

2) On the other hand, a table of a data group B (file name, for example, “DATA.TBL”) having item names [four methods], [title], [application number], etc. is prepared.

3) to 14) Parent program (collective processing file name, for example, "OYA.CMD")
For example, the following simplified steps (however, 3)-
14) is not included in the program). 3) Variable declaration Unique, character string {& variable1, & variable2, & variable3,…, & variablen,…, & variablem} Variable declaration Unique, integer {& N}:: 4) Table BUNSHO.TBL: : 5) Select [Documents] = * "Request" * Select [4 methods] = * "Special" * Select [Den P] = * "Den" * Select [Number of inventors] = * "3" *: 6 ) Writing table, "ICHIJI.TBL":: 7) Table "ICHIJI.TBL":: 8) & N = 1 repeat (.not #end line) Position specification Line number = N line correction [Reserve] = "&variable" + # Character string (& N) + "=" + [right sentence] & N = & N + 1 Repeat end Insert row [Reserve] = "execute batch processing" + # JIS (34) + "OYA" + # JIS (34) + " , Return point ":: 9) Write table," KO.TBL ", {[Reserve]} Rename file" KO.TBL "," KO.CMD ":: 10) Table DATA.TBL:: 11) Batch processing Execution "KO.CMD":: 12) Table "ICHIJI.TBL":: 13) Line correction [Left text] = [Left text] + & Variable 1 position designation Line number = + 1 Line correction [Left text] = [ Left text] + & Variable 2 position specification Line number = + 1 Line correction [Left text] = [Left text] + & Variable 3 Position specification Line No. = + 1::: 14) writes "SHORUI.TXT", text, [left sentence]

To explain these steps, 3) variables are prepared first, and "BUNSHO.
The file of "TBL" is selected by using the line selection items only for the necessary selection lines which meet the condition in 5) (see FIG. 2A). Here, for example, the line selection for selecting the number of inventors is performed. The content of one of the items [number of inventors] should be such that the top three of the inventor's column has the character "3", and the fourth column below does not have the character of three. You can easily select only the necessary inventor's column, and those selection lines are 6) and "ICHIJ
I.TBL "is written to the external storage device as a table. The" ICHIJI.TBL "written in 7) is opened, and in 8), the character string""&variable" is written from the first line to the last line. "+
#String (& N) + "=""and [right sentence] are concatenated
Recorded in [Reserve]. Add a return instruction to the parent program after the last line (that is, "insert line [reserve] =" execute batch processing
"+ # JIS (34) +" OYA "+ # JIS (34) +", return point "]), all the lines of the child program were stored in the [reserve] items from the first line to the last line (See the table below FIG. 2A.) 9)
Write this out and change it to an executable file name to make it a child program. (See FIG. 2B). In step 10), open the file "DATA.TBL" containing the bibliographic data of the application, select the target line (for example, for one application case), and put the necessary items on the right side of the child program. When the execution is passed to the child program with the variables assigned, the constants, variable names, item names, and function names that include them from & variable1 to & variablen are described in [right text]. The value (actual contents) of the character string variables that have it is substituted. Transfers execution to a predetermined step (return location) of the parent program,
In step 12), open the selected document "ICHIJI.TBL" again. In step 13), add the & variable i (i = 1 to n) Are concatenated. (Figure 2
B).

For example, as in the case of the inventor of the application form of the patent application, there is a case where the provided blanks are not filled due to a change in the required number in the form. In the case of the present invention,
If you want to delete the line because there is no value originally as a character string in [right sentence] (null string ("")), you can mark & variable i for deletion when creating a child program Good. In the [left sentence] where the variable contents are linked, if the value from & variable i is a delete mark and the line should be deleted, the line with the delete mark can be selected and deleted . By doing so, lines that should not be deleted even if the [right sentence] should be blank originally, such as when spacing from the upper line, or when there is data in the invariable part "left sentence" item but the variable part "right side" Although the "Sentence" item is always blank, a mark indicating that it is an appropriate non-deletion line is recorded in advance in the [right side sentence], and all lines with a deletion mark are deleted when variable connection is completed. Then, the mark on the line marked as a non-deleted line is replaced with a blank character string. (Figure 2
B, see figure below).

If there is a serial number at the beginning of the column, assuming that the symbol indicating the serial number is “§” at the end, [left sentence] = #
By performing substitution ([left sentence], "§", # sequential number),
A sequence number can be placed in that location. In a programming language that does not have a #sequential function, search for the symbol from the beginning of the line and replace it with the character string corresponding to the number that increases in order on the found line.

If there is a line that is too long, a line similar to the method shown in FIG. By writing the name to the external storage device, document data can be obtained. When printing, in addition to the "text" item, record the serial number that increases with the line in the item name "serial number" item, transpose a certain number of lines in the file, and Creates a data file in which the above is the serial number up to the fixed number and the value is the [sentence] of each original line. By doing so, it is usually provided in commercial application programs that write data to tables and cards,
Printing can be performed using a print format file in which the print location of the item value can be set. That is, each of the first to last lines of the print format file can be set at a place where the item values of the serial numbers up to the above-mentioned fixed number are printed over the entire width.

In this embodiment, as a method of substituting the values of character string variables having variable names recorded in a data file into a series of separately prepared variables in order, Although a method of creating a program has been shown, it could be implemented similarly using the other methods described above.

The embodiment of the present invention in the above-described form can be used, for example, for automatic creation of real estate registration documents and explanation of each data of the result of a health examination in addition to the sending document of the application procedure for industrial property rights. It can be applied to the creation of various forms such as automatic creation in which data is entered after the item.

Embodiment 2 This embodiment selects a line in a data file for formatting,
An example is shown in which a character string obtained based on the data value of another data file in which application data is recorded is inserted into those selected lines, and letters corresponding to various stages of procedures are automatically created.

1) First, each line has, for example, an item name “text” which is a main character string storage item, and “variable 1” and “variable 2” which are character string storage items for storing variable names.
A data file (file having “variable 3”, “variable 4”, “variable 5” and line selection items, item names “seed”, “four methods”, “examination”, “certification”, etc. The name is, for example, “TEGAMI.TBL.” Hereinafter, the data file may be referred to as a “table.”

The sentences of all the types of letters to be made are recorded in the item of item name "sentence", and the respective stages to which those letters are to be sent are recorded in the "procedure stage" which is a line selection item. . When necessary, in order to decide not to issue a request for examination or to issue a text stating whether or not certificates have been submitted, the item name should be changed to "Examination", "Certification", etc. -Record whether or not it has been submitted.

If there is a part in which data is to be inserted in the sentence stored in the item of "sentence", a symbol indicating a place to be replaced with a variable value is entered together with a number indicating the order of appearance of the line. Keep it. For example, ▽ 1 △, ▽ 2 △,
Item names "variable 1", "variable 2", "variable 3", "variable 4", "variable 5" In the column of "," variable values and item values corresponding to the type of data to be entered, and function values including these are recorded by their variable names, symbols indicating the item values, and function names.

2) On the other hand, a table of a data group B (assuming the file name is, for example, “DATA.TBL”) having item names [four methods], [title], [application number], etc. is prepared.

The parent program (collective processing file name, for example, “OYA.CMD”) includes the following steps 3) to 7), for example. 3) Declare variables for later use. Variable declaration Unique, Character string {& Variable1, & Variable2, & Variable3,…, & Variable n,…, & Variable m} Variable declaration Unique, Integer {& N}:: 4) Document for letter is stored Open a data file. Table BUNSHO.TBL ： ： 5) Select only those that are necessary for the relevant stage and relevant case in the data file. Selection [species] = * "application" * selection [four laws] = * "special" * selection [judgment] = * "+" * selection [certification] = * "+" *: 6) This is temporary data by writing to the external storage device as a file, so keep leave the first data file unchanged. Writing table, "ICHIJI.TBL":: 7) Open the temporary data file and select only the line that contains the replacement location with the string variable value . Table "ICHIJI.TBL": Select [text] = * "▽ 1 △" *: 8) in order from the first row, open to that of the file the current for a given item in the buffer you are recording the item value of the line Obtain the variable names recorded from the location, and store the child program in the item of the item name " spare", together with the variable names and substitution symbols of a series of separately prepared variables in the number of variable names. Go. (For example, while & N is incremented by one, the following is first performed for the row with the value of [variable 1] in the "spare" item of the row with the row number = N.): Row correction [spare] = # Concatenation ("&variable",# string (& N), "=", [variable1]): (For example, if the value of [variable1] on the first line is "& year / month / day" Thus, the formula & variable1 = & year / month / day is written.For example, if the value of [variable1] in the second line is “& address”, this will result in & variable2 = & address (The name is written in the formula.) (In order, [variable 2] has a value, [variable 3] has a value, [variable 4] has a value, and [variable 5] has a value. In the order of the lines, add such an assignment expression as the value of [Reserve] while incrementing & N by 1.): Line correction [Reserve] = # concatenation ("&variable",#character string (& N) , "=", [Variable 2]): Line correction [Reserve] = # concatenation ("&variable",# character string (& N), "=", [variable 3]): 9) Write Table, "KO.TBL", {[Reserve]} Rename file "KO.TBL", "KO.CMD":: 10) Table DATA.TBL:: 11) Execute batch processing "KO.CMD":: 12) Table "ICHIJI.TBL" (Finally, returning to the original temporary file, replace the replacement symbols with the earlier order, that is, in the order of the smallest number in the line of [Variable 1], and then in the order of [Variable 2]. In the order corresponding to the youngest number in the row, then the youngest number in the row of [Variable 3], then the youngest number in the row of [Variable 4], then the youngest number in the row of [Variable 5], Replace with the value of & variable1 to & variablen (where n is the number of all replacement symbols). [Sentence] = # Character Replacement ([Sentence], "{1}", & variable1):: 14) Write "TEGAMI.TXT", text, [sentence] (When printing, remove the lines that are too long by the processing shown in FIG. Print using the file.)

In this embodiment, as a method of substituting values of character string variables having variable names recorded in a data file into a series of separately prepared variables in order, Although a method of creating a program has been shown, it could be similarly implemented using the alternative method described above. Therefore, the present invention can be implemented using software in any other computer programming language.

Embodiment 3 Further, the present invention can be applied to various diagnostic systems and the like. A method such as the present invention is useful when it is desired to easily output and give a more detailed and more detailed description to a person diagnosed by the diagnostic system or to the owner of the diagnostic object. Create a data file with many line selection items for line selection based on the characteristics of the symptoms, and make each line satisfy various conditions of values of all line selection items.
Prepare a wide variety of explanatory sentences that describe failures, coping methods, effective repair methods and chemicals, etc.
The name, address, gender, age, weight, height, health condition, blood pressure, fever, blood test results, etc., or the type and characteristics of the diagnostic object are recorded in another data file. In this case, a system according to the method of the present invention can be constructed in which the character string type of the data of those other data files is inserted into an appropriate place in the document describing the relevant description. . Explanations prepared in advance can be created by those who have knowledge in the field of diagnosis, and from characteristic data indicating abnormalities of health, etc., possible disease names, failure points, coping methods, effective You can select only appropriate ones from a group of sentences that describe various chemicals and repair / correction methods, and insert the above data into the reason Alternatively, a description can be output.

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According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically prepare various types of documents which could not be realized by the prior art. Alternatively, writing to an external storage device can be easily realized.

Further, even in the case where the number of data to be inserted changes greatly, it is possible to create a well-formed document having no unnecessary lines.

The present invention has an effect that it is suitable for programming using relational database software or the like. Further, in the present invention, when ordinary database software is used, the character strings recorded in the data file can be viewed up and down while the program is not executed, and the upper line can be viewed. It is easy to copy to the line below, and the prototype of the necessary text etc. with the line selected by a very simple manual operation (called conversation processing in paulownia ver.5) It is possible to see only the character string that represents, and it is not necessary to start up another software at the time of such programming, and to open and close many document files with a word processor, for example, during the programming stage, debugging the program The steps are also very easy. Stated another way, just creating such a data file before creating the program is equivalent to creating a substantial portion of the program, and its creation is extremely efficient.

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FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the first half of a procedure executed by the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart of the first stage of FIG. 2B showing the first half procedure of a document creation example executed by the method of the present invention, using a data file and a temporary data file represented in a table format.

FIG. 2B is a flowchart following FIG. 2A, showing the latter half procedure of the document creation example executed by the method of the present invention, using a data file and a temporary data file represented in a table format.

FIG. 3A is a flowchart of the first step of FIG. 3B showing the first half of the procedure of a document creation example executed by the method of the present invention, using a data file and a temporary data file represented in a tabular form.

FIG. 3B is a flowchart following FIG. 3A, showing intermediate steps of a document creation example executed by the method of the present invention, using a data file and a temporary data file represented in a tabular format.

FIG. 3C is a flowchart following FIG. 3B, showing the latter half of the procedure of a document creation example executed by the method of the present invention, using a data file and a temporary data file represented in a table format.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for arranging lines having a number of characters exceeding a set width in a setting and increasing the number of lines for printing by a simple method.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating a child program.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating a child program.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a method that does not generate a child program.

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[Claims] 1. Data having a structure of a plurality of lines, each line including a plurality of items including one or more character string storage items, and at least one or more lines, Variables of character string variables, where character string variables include character string variables permitted in the programming language, symbols indicating the values of items in another data file different from the data, and functions that take character string values. A data file which is stored in advance in the data file storage means and includes at least one of the following: a name, a function name, a symbol representing an item value, etc. {hereinafter referred to as a variable name} in any of the character string storage items. , The value of one or more predetermined items satisfies a conditional expression based on one or more input data input by the input means,
A procedure of extracting or selecting only desired rows having a smaller number of rows and including at least one row including at least one of the variable names, to obtain data consisting of selected rows; In outputting the target character string derived from the value stored in the character string storage item for each line of the line, in the line including the variable names among the data of the selected line, or In the line containing variable names and the line containing character string constants to be used for composition, the variable names stored in at least one of the character string storage items in those lines indicate The value of a string variable or a string constant to be used for composition, and a string stored in another string storage item and / or another string stored in the same string storage item. By combining the character string with the part, the desired character The program includes a procedure for recording the resulting character string group data in a file and / or printing and / or displaying it on a display, wherein the composition is performed by: 1) a) executing the parent program during execution of the parent program. After recording in a child program file recording means a child program file having an assignment formula to a series of character string variables prepared separately from a string variable or the string constant, execution is transferred to the child program, and then By returning execution to the parent program, or b) the item value of each line that records the character string indicating the variable name of the data file or the character string constant to be used for synthesis in any item From the character string, a character string indicating a variable name or a character string constant to be used for composition is recorded in the memory, and a character string matching the character string is stored in the character string variable recording means. Search from the variable names recorded so as to have a certain relationship with the values of the numbers, and find the value of the string variable that is obtained from the relation for the relevant one, By substituting the string value as it is as a string into a series of separately prepared string variables, the variable file names are included in the data of the data file in a certain order. Substituting the values of the string variables and the string constant values to be used in the composition, if any, into the separately prepared sequence of string variables; 2) Using the value of a string variable together with the string stored in the string storage item in a composition consisting of replacement and / or concatenation in accordance with the certain order to generate the target string group , Consisting of A method for synthesizing a character string group for a specific purpose using a computer program based on data of the data file including prototypes of character string groups for various purposes and other data. 2. In the synthesizing, in a predetermined order, the value of a character string variable having the variable name included in the data of the data file and the character string definition if it exists. The step of substituting a numerical value into a separately prepared sequence of character string variables comprises the step of a), during the execution of the parent program, a sequence of characters separately prepared from the character string variables or the character string constants. After recording the child program file having the assignment formula to the column variable in the child program file recording means, the execution is transferred to the child program, and then the execution is returned to the parent program. Is recorded in the child program file recording means, any one of the following procedures,
I) With respect to a line containing variable names or a simple character string constant to be used for composition among the extracted or selected lines, the value of each item of one line is always the same in a memory as a buffer. The storage at the predetermined addresses (hereinafter, this one line is referred to as the current line) is performed at least once for each line so that the values of all variable names and all the character string constants can be obtained in a certain order. , A variable name or a simple character string constant from the value stored in the memory location of the variable name item to be obtained at that time, and a series of sequence variable variables separately prepared By storing it in one item of another file together with an assignment command symbol from the former to the latter or in a spare item of the same file and writing it to the child program file recording means; or ii) Alternatively, select the line containing the variable names or the simple character string constants to be used in the composition from the selected line, and enter all the items including the variable names or the simple character string constants to be used in the composition into the child program. When writing to a file to be the recording means, when performing `` replacement '', which is an operation to replace all the lines for a certain item with a specified value for those variable names or simple character string constants to be used for composition "# String (#sequential number)" function and "# concatenation" function that gives the result of giving consecutive numbers in line order
By performing "replacement" using a function, the series of separately prepared string variables and substitution symbols are linked to the variable names or simple string constants to be used in the synthesis when present. By writing to the file from the format, or by writing the variable names and mere string constants to be used in the synthesis when present to the file and then making the format by the “replacement”, In the data consisting of the selected line, if the value is given to the character string variables that include the variable name, each of those values, if it exists, each of the values of the character string constant, Recording a child program file containing instructions for substituting in a given sequence into a series of separately prepared character string variables in a child program file recording means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the "replacement" is a character string in which the values of the designated items are designated in the order in which all the target selected lines are arranged. The “# serial number” function means a function that gives an integer value indicated by a counter that sequentially increases from 1 together with the line in that case, and the “# character string” A function is a function that gives a character string of a number corresponding to a numerical value of a factor.) 3. The step of extracting or selecting a conditional expression based on one or more input data input by said input means only in a desired row satisfying a value of a predetermined item, extracting or selecting only a desired row. Including the recording of the selected data as a temporary data file, leaving the child program file intact if all lines contain variable names or string constants to be used for composition; otherwise, the variable name Class or a line containing a character string constant to be used for synthesis, and in the reserved item of the line containing the variable name class in the recorded temporary data file, the sequence of the separately prepared series included in the child program is included. Record the instructions to be assigned to the string variables by the variable names and the number of occurrences of the string constants to be used for composition, record the necessary lines in those spare items, and return to the parent program 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising writing and recording a child program completed by adding the instructions as a program file. 4. A series of character strings in a sequence in which a first occurrence variable name is changed from a first line to a last line after a line having a first occurrence variable name is selected and the first occurrence variable name is separately prepared. A variable corresponding to the variable name of the variable, and in the next case, after selecting a line with the second occurrence variable name, changing the current line from 1 to the last line, the second occurrence variable name Corresponding to the variable name of the character string variable in the order, this step is repeated from the third appearance variable name to the variable name of the latest appearance order, the variable name The first to last of the first occurrence variable classes, the first to last of the second occurrence variable classes, and finally the last to last variable names in the first to last order. 3. The method according to 3. (I) One or more items capable of generating and storing a program file in an external storage device and executing the program file, and each item of each line can include data such as a character string. And a data group storage file consisting of one or more lines can be generated and stored in an external storage device, and (ii) during execution of the program, a designation is made from all the lines of the generated data group storage file Any one or more rows that meet the conditional expression can be selected, and the data group storage form consisting of the selected rows can be temporarily stored in the internal memory and / or the data group storage file consisting of the selected rows can be stored in the external memory. (Iii) If a command or declaration that selects or designates one line of a certain data group storage file is made during execution of the program, A data value for an item can be assigned to a variable using a predetermined symbol corresponding to the item name, and (iv) execution is shifted from one specified step of a program to one specified step of another program. And (v) another program file that can be written into an external storage device during execution of a program in accordance with the instructions of the program, or non-executable data containing the program. The method according to claim 2, wherein after writing the file to the external storage device, the data file can be changed to a program file. The generation and recording of the program file and the data file using software are performed, and the execution of the program is performed. 5. The method according to any one of 4. 6. In the synthesizing, in a certain order, the values of character string variables having the variable names included in the data of the data file and the synthesizing of the string variables if they exist. The step of substituting the string constant value to be performed into a string variable in a series of sequences prepared separately includes the step (b) of changing the character string indicating the variable name of the data file or the character string constant to be used for synthesis. From the item value string of each line recorded in that item, record a character string indicating a variable name or a character string constant to be used for composition in the memory, and replace the character string that matches it with a character string A search is made from the variable names recorded in the variable recording means so as to have a certain relationship with the values of the string variables, and for the corresponding variable, the value of the string variable is obtained from the relation, and For those that don't, It is performed by substituting the character string value as it is into a series of character string variables prepared separately, wherein: i) the character string variable recording means is defined by language software used to create the program. A variable table, wherein the association is a storage method of character string variables determined in the language software, and obtaining a value of character string variables from the association is If the factor is a character string indicating a variable name of a string variable, the procedure for obtaining the value of the string variable from is included in the program, or prepared by the language software or otherwise. Or ii) the character string variable recording means is a character string variable determined in advance as a usable character string variable. During the execution of the program, at the stage after those desired values are substituted, the values of the character string variables or the codes thereof are recorded in a free memory or as a file in an external storage device in association with each other. 2. The method according to claim 1, including the variable names of the string variables or their codes. 7. Based on data of a data file including prototypes of various character string groups and other data,
A method for synthesizing a character string group of a specific purpose in accordance with execution of a computer program, wherein a character for inserting a value into data of a data file including a prototype of the character string group among character string variables used in the computer program The variable names of the column variables are determined in advance, and the computer program is executed. The computer program: 1) A desired value is assigned to the determined character string variables during execution of the program. At the stage of the substitution, the values of the character string variables and the variable names of the character string variables, or their codes, are associated with each other to be recorded on a free memory or stored in a file in an external storage device. 2) a plurality of lines, each line including a plurality of items including one or more character string storage items. A data file storing data having a structure and including at least one of the determined variable names in any of the character string storage items in at least one or more rows. From the data of the data file including the prototypes of the various character strings stored in the means, the values of the predetermined one or more items satisfy the conditional expression based on the one or more input data input by the input means. A procedure for obtaining data consisting of selected rows by extracting or selecting only desired rows having a smaller number of rows, 3) a target character string derived from the value stored in the character string storage item In the output of the selected line, in the line including the variable names in the data consisting of the selected line, or in the line including the variable names and the line including the character string constant to be used for the synthesis, In the row of The value of a character string variable indicated by a variable name stored in at least one of the character string storage items or a character string constant to be used for synthesis, and a character string constant stored in another character string storage item. The target character string is synthesized by combining the character string with the existing character string and / or another part of the character string stored in the same character string storage item, and the generated character string group data is recorded and / or recorded in a file.
Or printing and / or displaying on a display, wherein the synthesizing includes: (1) during execution of the parent program, at least one item of the data consisting of the selected line; From the item value character strings on each line including the character string constant used for the composition, a character string indicating the variable name or the character string constant used for the composition is stored on a memory or an external storage device in a certain order. (2) Searching the character string variable recording means for each of the character strings indicating the recorded variable names or the character string constants used in the synthesis, and obtaining a match if they match. If there is no applicable value for the string variable recorded in association with the variable name, use the string value as it is or substitute it for a series of separately prepared string variables. And those strings Performing a composition consisting of replacement and / or concatenation in accordance with the certain order to generate the target character string group together with the character string stored in the character string storage item using the number class; A method comprising: 8. The data file according to claim 1, wherein each line of the data file has one or more character string storage items and one or more line selection items including line selection numbers, characters, and symbols. The method according to any one of the above. 9. The target character string, together with the character string stored in the character string storage item, wherein the value of the substituted series of character string variables separately prepared according to claim 1 is stored. In order to generate a group, it is used in the composition consisting of replacement and / or concatenation according to the certain order, and the value of the character string variable indicated by the variable name or the character string constant value to be used for the composition is one or more. By performing a process consisting of concatenating with the character string of the character string storage item in a predetermined order, or by concatenating the process with the item value of another character string storage item and / or specifying a symbol Of the selected line or the line of the selected line from which the unnecessary line has been deleted, and the final desired character processed in one item. From obtaining data containing columns The method according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises: 10. A data file prestored in the data file storage means includes a character string storage item and a line selection item including numbers, characters, and symbols for line selection. Contains a left item and a right item, stores a character string or a non-character string in the left item, and stores a character string indicating a variable name or a character string constant to be used for composition in the right item. If the value of the right item of the displayed line should be blank,
Record a string constant as a symbol to be converted to a blank in the right item, and delete the line because the value of the string variable of the variable name recorded in the right item is a non-character string (null string) If it is to be done, in the step of assigning to the separately prepared sequence of character string variables, a deletion symbol is substituted, and the separately prepared sequence of character strings derived from the right item for the left item After concatenating the values of the variables, the final step is to delete the line with the delete symbol and replace that symbol in the line with the symbol that is converted to the blank in the right-hand item with a blank. The method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of leaving unnecessary rows and deleting unnecessary rows. 11. The various objects are the preparation of various documents used for submitting patent, utility model, design, and trademark application procedures, and the specific purpose is a specific one of the various documents. The method according to claim 9 or 10, which is a document. 12. The target character string, together with the character string stored in the character string storage item, wherein the values of the substituted series of character string variables separately prepared according to claim 1 are stored. Follow the certain order, produce a group, replace and / or
Or, to be used for composition consisting of concatenation, it is included in any position in the character string of any character string storage item, and stores those variable names or character string constants to be used for composition. By replacing the substitution symbol corresponding to the item with the value of the assigned series of separately prepared string variables in accordance with the predetermined order, or by performing another process. By performing a combination of the connection with the item value of the character string storage item and / or the replacement of the symbol part designated in advance and / or the deletion of the unnecessary line, the selected line or the unnecessary line is deleted. 2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising obtaining data including a final desired character string group processed in one item, the data being composed of lines from which unnecessary lines have been deleted among the selected lines.
9. The method according to any one of the above items 8. 13. A data file stored in said data file storage means in advance includes a character string storage item and a line selection item including numbers, characters, and symbols for line selection. The items include an item for storing a character string that may include a substitution symbol indicating a variable position and an item for storing variable names, and the various purposes are places for writing data based on another specific data file. Is the creation of letters of various types that differ for each purpose, and the specific purpose is one of them.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the creation of the letter is of a type. 14. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program including the procedure included in the method according to claim 1, or a computer-readable recording medium storing the program and the data of the data file. 15. Each line has a structure including a plurality of items and a plurality of lines including one character string storage item and a line selection item, and stores data stored in the data file storage means in advance. The value of the one or more row selection items satisfies a conditional expression based on one or more input data input by the input means to select a row based on the one or more values of the row selection item. A procedure of extracting or selecting only desired lines and recording in a temporary data file including at least an item to be a line number item and an item to be a character string to be printed, When there are L lines of data recorded in the temporary data file or another data file derived from the temporary data file, the character strings of the one character string storage item are sequentially arranged from the beginning of those lines. However, a line that exceeds the maximum line width or a line that exceeds the line width that is less than the maximum line width closest to the maximum line width in English is specified at such a position within the maximum line width. A procedure for increasing L lines to L 'lines by sequentially breaking the line and dividing it into a plurality of lines, and recording those L' lines in memory in order of m lines,
The transposed data structure of each line is transposed, provided that the values recorded in lines 1 to m of the items to be line number items are the item names in the transposed data structure. , One of other items including a desired character string other than the item
By making each of the values sequentially recorded in the m-th row into a certain row including a desired character string having such items 1 to m under the item name, the data recorded in the memory for each of the m-th row is obtained. , N-1 rows (n is an integer of n> 1 and preferably 2), and a prepared printing format file including a 1-m item display section for the temporary file. A character extracted from a data file by a computer, including a procedure of printing the contents of items 1 to m of one line including a desired character string of the n-1 lines by using the above, and repeating the printing of m lines in this manner. How to print columns.