Patterns Blog

This documents how I find patterns in text. You can do it too. Ask questions, suggest text to study, report bugs, and recommend features to add. I will respond to you. -Ray

Patterns in Words

Let’s find the repeated phrases in the English words. The words come from https://github.com/dwyl/english-words/blob/master/words_alpha.txt. The words list looks like this: ... aardvark aardvarks aardwolf ... To dig into the letters, I separate the letters by a space and insert a comma after the end of the words. ... a a r d v a r k, a a r d v a r k s, a a r d w o l f, ....

2018 Brain Stroke Day

Today is International Brain Stroke Day. If you are reading this, you are alive. Perhaps you survived a stroke and can still read. Yeah buddy!! Book Recommendation: The Left Brain Speaks, the Right Brain Laughs: A Look at the Neuroscience of Innovation & Creativity in Art, Science & Life When one side of brain is injured, you become more aware of the amazing differences between to the sides. You may love this book!...

Patterns in Lil' Wayne

Let’s find the repeated phrases in the song Mona Lisa by Lil’ Wayne. The lyrics are here: [Mona Lisa lyrics] (https://genius.com/Lil-wayne-mona-lisa-lyrics) There are 4 patterns with nigga: Count Phrase 2 think for me, nigga 4 for me, nigga 5 me, nigga 11 , nigga There are also 3 patterns with bitch: Count Phrase 2 stuntin', poppin' bottles Gettin' drunk with these bitches Then when they leave they get followed 2 I be with bitches that 3 be with bitches Then there is this super pattern: it has both nigga AND bitch:...

Patterns in Shakespeare

Let’s find the repeated phrases in the works of William Shakespeare. The text is available here: [The Complete Works of William Shakespeare] (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/100) What’s convenient for us is that all the works are combined into a single text file. First, let’s look at the longest repeats, it is repeated once. [Reads] 'When as a lion's whelp shall, to himself unknown, without seeking find, and be embrac'd by a piece of tender air; and when from a stately cedar shall be lopp'd branches which, being dead many years, shall after revive, be jointed to the old stock, and freshly grow ; then shall Posthumus end his miseries, Britain be fortunate and flourish in peace and plenty....

Patterns in the Tweets of Donald Trump

Let’s find the repeated phrases in the 34,633 tweets from Donald Trump. The text is available here, and updated daily: [Donald’s Tweets] (http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/) This is the longest repeated phrase and is repeated once: Make America Great Again! https : I am counting on your help to defeat Hillary Clinton and her cronies. Let's Make America Great Again! https: As President, I WILL fix this rigged system and only answer to YOU, the American people!...