LogFlash

[kwfjndpw@mail.netural.com]

                         Lojban - The Logigal Language
                         la lojban po'u le logji bangu
                                       
     _________________________________________________________________
                                      
     * How to learn Lojban
     _________________________________________________________________
                                      
   We distribute flash cards and
   have developed flash card techniques that are extremely efficient in
   learning vocabulary. These techniques have been automated into
   computer-aided-teaching programs sold under the name "LogFlash", with
                                    ^^^^
   MS-DOS and MacIntosh versions currently available.
........................................................................

I regret that you are selling a flash card application
for profit.  Included below is a Perl program that
reads the rafsi vocabulary list into 2 arrays, and then
presents a flash card test for the student of Lojban.

You are welcome to distribute this Perl program free of
charge.

Since I don't know how to speak Lojban, I may be mis-
interpreting the vocabulary list.  You may want to
test with column 2 instead of column 1, or with both
columns.  You may also want to adapt the program to work
with other vocabulary lists.

........................................................................
#!/usr/bin/perl
$FL = 100;
open($FL, "rafsi");
die "Error opening rafsi\n" if ($FL != 100);
$SIZ = 0;
while ($LN = <$FL>)
   {
   chop($LN);
   $LN =~ s/\s+/ /g;
   @FLD = split(/ /,$LN);
   next if ($FLD[0] eq "");
   $LB[$SIZ]  = $FLD[0];
   $ENG[$SIZ] = $FLD[2];
   $SIZ++;
   } # read loop

print "Press Return to quit\n";
srand;
$ANS = "zzz";
while (1)
   {
   $NUM = rand;
   $I = int($NUM * $SIZ);
   $NUM = rand;
   if ($NUM < 0.5)
      {
      print "What is English for $LB[$I]\n";
      $ANS = <STDIN>;
      last if ($ANS eq "\n");
      print "$ENG[$I]\n";
      }
   else
      {
      print "What is Lojban for $ENG[$I]\n";
      $ANS = <STDIN>;
      last if ($ANS eq "\n");
      print "$LB[$I]\n";
      }
   } # test loop