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Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 12:19 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
9001 posts! (Milestone?)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 14:09 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Hint: If your mother tongue had been Dutch, the flower, and the producer, would be fairly obvious, I think.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:26 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by PhilW
Clueless about the clue...
Niepoort '04 lbv?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:47 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Hint: They are obviously good sailors. Their boat beat jdaw1’s boat in the 2016 race with about 4 metres.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:50 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Ok, final hint: Their boat beat jdaw1’s boat in the 2016 race with about 4 metres, according to the man himself.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 16:54 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Sorry, got a bit carried away and pressed button too quickly.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:34 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Rozès 2004 LBV?
Which is so obviously the answer — again — that I’m tempted just to charge into my question.
A few copies of Port Vintages were printed, as a draft. Numerous small improvements have since been found. And one large improvement: an index, or more accurately several indexes, were needed, and have been added. So in the Microsoft Word file have been added many ‘index this’ { XE … } entries. As of now, how many?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:49 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Correct.
7
And as a bonus you can add me to the orderlist of your book, please.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 17:50 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
How many index entries? Seven? Seven! Too small.
Old Bridge wrote: ↑17:49 Sun 19 Mar 2017And as a bonus you can add me to the orderlist of your book, please.
Thank you.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:25 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by CPR 1
224
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:26 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by flash_uk
1712 entries
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:40 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by PhilW
874
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:57 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
At scool I was often told to read the question thoroughly. I shall do that.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 18:59 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
CPR 1 wrote: ↑18:25 Sun 19 Mar 2017224
How many index entries? Two hundred and twenty-four? Two hundred and twenty-four! Too small.
PhilW wrote: ↑18:40 Sun 19 Mar 2017874
How many index entries? Eight hundred and seventy-four? Eight hundred and seventy-four! Too small.
flash_uk wrote: ↑18:26 Sun 19 Mar 20171712 entries
How many index entries? One thousand seven hundred and twelve? One thousand seven hundred and twelve! Too small.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:04 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
2874
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:05 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Much better. The closest so far.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:15 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Doggett
4800?
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:19 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
3455
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:23 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Doggett wrote: ↑19:15 Sun 19 Mar 20174800?
Fourth-best of the guesses up to it.
Second-best of the guesses up to it.
(The clues narrow it down to 872 possibilities.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:33 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
3112, but not my turn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:36 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Old Bridge wrote: ↑19:33 Sun 19 Mar 20173112, but not my turn.
Not your turn.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:52 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Surely, I told you that.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:54 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Doggett
3066
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 19:55 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Doggett wrote: ↑19:54 Sun 19 Mar 20173066
Very helpfully to you, second-best of the guesses up to it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:00 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by flash_uk
2927
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:24 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
3112
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:44 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by CPR 1
3002
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:55 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Second-best of the guesses up to it.
Fourth-best of the guesses up to it.
CPR 1 wrote: ↑20:44 Sun 19 Mar 20173002
Third-best of the guesses up to it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 20:56 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
(Aside: are you flailing around or is somebody doing the logic? The guesses suggest flailing.)
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:03 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
2875
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:07 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Doggett
2902? And yes...just flailing around, but trying to apply some logic too/guess.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:10 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Second. Much more cunning.
Doggett wrote: ↑21:07 Sun 19 Mar 20172902? And yes...just flailing around, but trying to apply some logic too/guess.
Third.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:18 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
2873
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:19 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Even though it is the best guess so far, less cunning than I had hoped.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:27 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
2850
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:28 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
Ahh. not my turn.
I shall go to bed. We are an hour ahead of you.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:31 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
I am going to bed soon as well. A few more guesses might help somebody post some logic, to lessen the flailing.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:48 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by CPR 1
2706
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:51 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
CPR 1 wrote: ↑21:48 Sun 19 Mar 20172706
It being the sixth-best might seem rubbish. But it greatly narrows the search space.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:36 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by flash_uk
2790
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:44 Sun 19 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
Just in time — new best.
Good night.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 05:37 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
2850
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 10:50 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by PhilW
2585
(based on logic; I may be one off).
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:11 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
New best.
PhilW wrote: ↑10:50 Mon 20 Mar 20172585
(based on logic; I may be one off).
Logic is over-rated, Mr. 11th-Best. I’m disappointed.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:12 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by flash_uk
2830
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 21:30 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by Old Bridge
2823
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 22:22 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
The book has several indexes, so the entries each need an index identifier. Word has no built-in means of knowing whether any of these have been mis-typed, so I wrote a script.
Code: Select all
' © 2017 Julian D. A. Wiseman, contactable via www.jdawiseman.com
' Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty
' provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty.
Sub FieldIdentifiers()
Dim i, j, k, numDifferentIdentifiers, iIndentifierCount(1 To 100) As Integer
Dim thisIdent, strIdentifier(1 To 100), ans As String
Dim fld As Field
Dim thisIdentExists As Boolean
numDifferentIdentifiers = 0
For Each fld In ActiveDocument.Fields
If fld.Type = wdFieldIndexEntry Then
i = InStr(1, fld.Code.Text, "\f", 1)
If i = 0 Then
MsgBox "No \f in “" & fld.Code.Text & "”", 0, "XE missing \f"
Else
thisIdent = Mid(fld.Code.Text, i + 3, Len(fld.Code.Text) - i - 3)
thisIdentExists = False
For j = 1 To numDifferentIdentifiers
If thisIdent = strIdentifier(j) Then
iIndentifierCount(j) = 1 + iIndentifierCount(j)
thisIdentExists = True
Exit For
End If ' thisIdent = strIdentifier(j)
Next j
If Not (thisIdentExists) Then
numDifferentIdentifiers = 1 + numDifferentIdentifiers
strIdentifier(numDifferentIdentifiers) = thisIdent
iIndentifierCount(numDifferentIdentifiers) = 1
End If ' Not(thisIdentExists)
End If ' i=0
End If ' wdFieldIndexEntry
Next fld
' Sort, not efficiently as done once and list not long
For i = 1 To numDifferentIdentifiers - 1: For j = i + 1 To numDifferentIdentifiers
If strIdentifier(j) < strIdentifier(i) Then
ans = strIdentifier(j): strIdentifier(j) = strIdentifier(i): strIdentifier(i) = ans ' ans is temp variable
k = iIndentifierCount(j): iIndentifierCount(j) = iIndentifierCount(i): iIndentifierCount(i) = k ' k is temp variable
End If
Next j: Next i
ans = "": k = 0
For j = 1 To numDifferentIdentifiers
k = k + iIndentifierCount(j)
' In next line the ‘2’ is approximate, being relative width of digit and space
ans = ans & Space(2 * (Len(Format(iIndentifierCount(1), "#,##0")) - Len(Format(iIndentifierCount(j), "#,##0")))) _
& Format(iIndentifierCount(j), "#,##0") & " * " & strIdentifier(j) & vbNewLine
Next j
ans = ans & vbNewLine & "Total = " & k
MsgBox ans, 0, "Frequencies of \f (and subsequent) parameters in XE index entries"
End Sub ' FieldIdentifiers
Which results in:
Mike’s turn.
Perhaps henceforth questions of the form ‘how many …?’ could have answers in the form ‘
nth-best guess’.
Second-best of the guesses up to it.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:13 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by PhilW
jdaw1 wrote: ↑21:11 Mon 20 Mar 2017PhilW wrote: ↑10:50 Mon 20 Mar 20172585
(based on logic; I may be one off).
Logic is over-rated, Mr. 11th-Best. I’m disappointed.
Me too. Stupid calculation error (mis-read/typed an 8 for a 3). At the time (of Simon's 4800 guess) we knew that the answer was >2583, and <2837 (a smaller range than you indicated), unfortunately a typo led me to <2587 instead of 2837, which was less helpful.
{Sackcloth}
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:32 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by jdaw1
PhilW wrote: ↑23:13 Mon 20 Mar 2017(a smaller range than you indicated)
Sackcloth and ashes for me too: I realised after that I was using the easy high-yield information, but not all the information.
I can’t yet see what is the optimal guessing strategy.
Re: One quiz at a time
Posted: 23:38 Mon 20 Mar 2017
by flash_uk
I'm staying in a hotel tonight. Which chain?