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RE: Contest

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Oct 30, 2004
• 471 views

Chris Bensler wrote:
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> Derek Parnell wrote:
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> > 
> > posted by: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
> > 
> > cklester wrote:
> > > 
> > > Derek Parnell wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Juergen Luethje wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hi Derek,
> > > > > 
> > > > > according to your rules,
> > > > >    2004    is not a word, but
> > > > >     '04    is a word.
> > > 
> > > Would this be a token of "04," despite that "all numbers" is not
> > > considered a valid token?
> > 
> > '04     Is a three-character token
> > 
> <SNIP>
> 
> Don't you mean TWO??
> if its and it's are the same, then ' is ignored.
> its can't be both 3 chars and 4 characters long.
> 
> Are you saying that its and it's are treated as the same token, but 
> have different lengths? In other words, while ' should be ignored, they 
> should still be counted?

LOL! I've only just got up and I'm a bit "fuzzy". 

The length of  '04  is TWO even though it uses up three characters.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia