#!/usr/bin/perl # print stats about in input stream that's assumed to be a dictionary. # Counts and percentages of each letter, as well as total numbers of # words. This is not part of the dictionary build process. I use it # for creating info.txt files for new languages and debugging the # creation of dictionaries from new wordlists. # # Something like this might form the basis for choosing counts and # values for tiles without using the conventions established by # Scrabble players. This isn't enough, though: the frequency of # letter tuples and triples -- how often letters appear together -- is # a better indicator than just letter count. use strict; my @wordSizeCounts; my @letterCounts; my $wordCount; my $letterCount; while (<>) { chomp; ++$wordSizeCounts[length]; ++$wordCount; foreach my $letter (split( / */ ) ) { my $i = ord($letter); # special-case the bogus chars we add for "specials" die "$0: this is a letter?: $i" if $i <= 32 && $i >= 4 && $i != 0; ++$letterCounts[$i]; ++$letterCount; } } print "Number of words: $wordCount\n"; print "Number of letters: $letterCount\n\n"; print "**** word sizes ****\n"; print "SIZE COUNT PERCENT\n"; for ( my $i = 1 ; $i <= 99; ++$i ) { my $count = $wordSizeCounts[$i]; if ( $count > 0 ) { my $pct = (100.00 * $count)/$wordCount; printf "%2d %5d %.2f\n", $i, $count, $pct; } } print "\n\n**** Letter counts ****\n"; print " ASCII ORD HEX PCT (of $letterCount)\n"; my $lineNo = 1; for ( my $i = 0; $i < 255; ++$i ) { my $count = $letterCounts[$i]; if ( $count > 0 ) { my $pct = (100.00 * $count) / $letterCount; printf( "%2d: %3s %3d %x %5.2f (%d)\n", $lineNo, chr($i), $i, $i, $pct, $count ); ++$lineNo; } } print "\n";