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> Hi !
> I wish a hint/help from Clipper friends on subject.
> Case :
> Want to know how can we create a database for words consist of, say
> ten lower case. I want to know how much entries would there be.
> Would appreciate a quick/speedy routine.
> Thanks a lot
Hi Andi,
Not sure that I understand your question. You want to create a qty of 10
letter words. What language? Whose spelling convention? Eg the 10
lettered "behaviours" is correct in Australian/English version of
English, but not in the USA (they are not interested in "u" <VBG>).
So if you want correct spelling words of 10 letters only, you have some
answers to obtain first.
However, if you only want to know how many ways could you populate the
10 slots from the lower case alphabet, it would be 26*26*...26 (10
times) which is roughly <g> 141,167,095,653,376. I cannot vouch for how
many would be pronouncable though.
Happy New Year,
Ross McKenzie
Melbourne Australia (neither of which have 10 letters)
Probability Data Base ??