Brian. Storage space should not be an issue. A typical dictionary , whether American (191,000) or British (280,000), with a median word length of about 8 chars, still only occupies a handful of MB of storage.
Craig > On Mar 22, 2022, at 10:25 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Yes, that is where I’m at. An existing database would make things a lot > easier. > > Rick > >> On Mar 22, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> If you have a database at all, it would cost nothing much in speed to just >> use the whole thing all the time. Put the database into an array, of the >> form: >> “cat 1” >> "chicken 2” >> “elephant 3” >> ‘miaou 1" >> … >> >> The hard part is finding that database. It would take quite a while to build >> and finalize your own. >> >> Craig > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
