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The Meaning of Life…
Posted by Dave Mark on May 17, 2009 in Search, Wolfram Alpha
Went to Wolfram Alpha and typed in:
What is the meaning of life?
Here’s the response:
I love geek references! 
– Dave
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Using Wolfram Alpha to Pattern Match Words…
Posted by Dave Mark on May 17, 2009 in Search, Wolfram Alpha
Have you ever wanted a good tool to search the dictionary for a word that fit a specific pattern? There are plenty of tools out there, if you know where to look, and now there’s a new one that is, for me, the easiest to use.
Go to http://wolframalpha.com and type this input:
_pl_m_
Can you guess what the response will be? We’ve asked WA to pattern match that string, where the “_” character stands for a single letter. Here’s what WA did with that input:
As you can see, there’s only one word that fits that pattern: aplomb. Want to widen the search? Try this input:
*pl_m*
The “*” character stands for any number of characters, greater than or equal to zero. Try it…
– Dave
