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VBA Examples

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Ordered Words

<lang> Public Sub orderedwords(fname As String)

' find ordered words in dict file that have the longest word length
' fname is the name of the input file
' the words are printed in the immediate window
' this subroutine uses boolean function IsOrdered

Dim word As String 'word to be tested Dim l As Integer 'length of word Dim wordlength As Integer 'current longest word length Dim orderedword() As String 'dynamic array holding the ordered words with the current longest word length Dim wordsfound As Integer 'length of the array orderedword()

On Error GoTo NotFound 'catch incorrect/missing file name Open fname For Input As #1 On Error GoTo 0

'initialize wordsfound = 0 wordlength = 0

'process file line per line While Not EOF(1)

 Line Input #1, word
 If IsOrdered(word) Then    'found one, is it equal to or longer than current word length?
   l = Len(word)
   If l >= wordlength Then  'yes, so add to list or start a new list
     If l > wordlength Then 'it's longer, we must start a new list
       wordsfound = 1
       wordlength = l
     Else                   'equal length, increase the list size
       wordsfound = wordsfound + 1
     End If
     'add the word to the list
     ReDim Preserve orderedword(wordsfound)
     orderedword(wordsfound) = word
   End If
 End If

Wend Close #1

'print the list Debug.Print "Found"; wordsfound; "ordered words of length"; wordlength For i = 1 To wordsfound

 Debug.Print orderedword(i)

Next Exit Sub

NotFound:

 debug.print "Error: Cannot find or open file """ & fname & """!"

End Sub

Public Function IsOrdered(someWord As String) As Boolean 'true if letters in word are in ascending (ascii) sequence

Dim l As Integer 'length of someWord Dim wordLcase As String 'the word in lower case Dim ascStart As Integer 'ascii code of first char Dim asc2 As Integer 'ascii code of next char

wordLcase = LCase(someWord) 'convert to lower case l = Len(someWord) IsOrdered = True If l > 0 Then 'this skips empty string - it is considered ordered...

 ascStart = Asc(Left$(wordLcase, 1))
 For i = 2 To l
   asc2 = Asc(Mid$(wordLcase, i, 1))
   If asc2 < ascStart Then 'failure!
     IsOrdered = False
     Exit Function
   End If
   ascStart = asc2
 Next i

End If End Function </lang>

Results:

OrderedWords("unixdict.txt")
Found 16 ordered words of length 6 
abbott
accent
accept
access
accost
almost
bellow
billow
biopsy
chilly
choosy
choppy
effort
floppy
glossy
knotty

User:Klever

VBA Examples

Ordered Words