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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1979
Edward V Rutkowski, Jr, Lexington, KY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A search system is provided that locates a reference point in a string of text-representative codes based on comparisons with an operator keyboarded text string (the address string). Such comparisons are automatically modified, however, to equate certain codes and code patterns that present an ambiguity to the operator in establishing the address string, e.g. a tab operation and a series of space operations may have the same apparent result for printing but are stored as different codes. By so expanding the acceptable 'matching' code patterns selectively with respect to the codes presented for comparison, the likelihood of operator success in identifying a desired text location is increased significantly.