A function idea: automatic wordlists from words

[flameproof]

I wonder if this a feasible: A function that generates words from know characters.

Of course Pleco doesn't know what characters I know. But for examples, I could "appoint" a flashcard list as "my known characters".

The new function could then generate all possible words from this list of characters.

Does it sound like a useful function?

 

[mikelove]

On a desktop this would certainly be doable, but on a Palm/PPC it's really not; checking all of those combinations could take hours. Still, something to consider for the eventual desktop version at least. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[gato]

Roddy has a web-based program for this: http://www.chinese-forums.com/showthrea ... ight=words
Word lists from Character lists

 

[flameproof]

Mike,
keep that function in mind!

Gato
I will check that out. Sometimes I face the problem that I know all the characters, and still can't get the meaning. I guess many learners face that issue.