Re: VMs: how would one apply quantitative analysis to a particular issue

[Jacques Guy <jguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

28/03/2005 3:33:15 PM, "Wayne Durden" <wdurden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>   I realize other than the absolute position in the text, the relative
>   position to the folio or line end, probably doesn't exist and I just need
>   to put in the elbow grease and do the work.  However, if one of the
>   software wizards knows this can be done quickly and easily I would
>   appreciate a pointer to such tools or persons.

I am sure that you will have received several solutions by the
time I send my reply.

If you are familiar with Unix (or Linux) the task is trivial.
If you are not, or if, like me, you are stuck with Windows,
it is a bit more difficult. You need to be able to program
a little. Roughly:

1. you read the Voynich text into one single long
   character string, replacing ends-of-line with spaces.
2. you reverse it (e.g. "qoteedy daiin dy" -> "yd niiad
   ydeetoq")
3. you look for every occurrence of "niiad", recording
   its position from the beginning (which is in fact the
   end).




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