PARSE                                Michael J. Mefford
Word count and analysis of text files	    Version 1.0
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Purpose
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Displays the number of characters, words, and sentences
in ASCII text files.

Format
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    PARSE [d:][path]filename

Remarks
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PARSE also calculates and reports the averages of the
numbers of characters per word, words per sentence, and
"long" words (8 or more characters). It uses these to
calculate and display an approximation of the Fog Index
grade-level readability rating.

The accuracy of the various counts may be affected,
though usually not significantly, by the presence of
formatting and printing codes included in the file by
non-ASCII word processors. PARSE does ignore the
"high-bit" codes produced by WordStar and similar
programs, but "dot commands" and the like will be
counted.

Notes
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1. For further information on the Fog Index see
   Robert Gunning's The Technique of Clear Writing
   (McGraw-Hill, 1952, 1968).
