Special Section: Challenging String-Manipulation Projects
14.24 (Project: A Spelling Checker) Many popular word-processing software packages have built-in spell checkers. In this project, you’re asked to develop your own spell-checker utility. We make suggestions to help get you started. You should then consider adding more capabilities. Use a computerized dictionary (if you have access to one) as a source of words.
Why do we type so many words with incorrect spellings? In some cases, it’s because we simply do not know the correct spelling, so we make a best guess. In some cases, it’s because we transpose two letters (e.g., “defualt” instead of “default”). Sometimes we double-type a letter accidentally (e.g., “hanndy” instead of “handy”). Sometimes ...
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