See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autogram
Uses basic heuristics, plus random variations to escape from infinite loops.
Supports
- Counting letters (a-z by default) but configurable in the alphabet parameter
- Special characters - commas, apostrophes, hyphens, spaces if present in the alphabet parameter
- Max 100 counts per character
.\Autogram.exe --helpDescription:
Autogram searcher
Usage:
Autogram [options]
Options:
-?, -h, --help Show help and usage information
--version Show version information
-t, --template The template of the autogram to search for. Must contain a {0}. [default: This sentence is an autogram and it contains {0}.]
-c, --conjunction The conjunction to add to the list of letters, appearing before the final one. This is typically " and " but you could leave it empty or use " and lastly ", " and last but not
least" etc. [default: and ]
--separator The separator between the itemised letter counts. This defaults to ", " [default: , ]
-s, --seed The seed to use in the random number generator, to create repeatable runs. Leave undefined to allow the system to choose []
-a, --alphabet A regex defining the letters of the alphabet to use. Eg, [a-y\.]. [default: [a-z]]
-f, --forced A regex defining the letters that should be present in the count even if they aren't in the template. Eg, [kqz]. []
-r, --reset Reset (clear history and increment random seed) after N iterations []
-q, --quiet If true then only a final success will be shown [default: False]
docker run --rm ghcr.io/jamesmoore/autogram-solver:maindocker run \
--rm \
ghcr.io/jamesmoore/autogram-solver:main \
--template "This is an autogram with punctuation and it has {0}, one left parenthesis, one right parenthesis, and one full stop (aka period)." \
--conjunction ", " \
--alphabet "[a-z\-', ]" \
--seed 1933830823.\Autogram.exeThis will run using the template This sentence is an autogram and it contains {0}., the full alphabet and and as the conjunctive.
After a number of iterations you will get an output like
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe --seed 673268347
🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:04
🔁 Iterations: 4,879,276
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 1.177M
🎲 Randomized: 12.67%
This sentence is an autogram and it contains seven a's, three c's, three d's, twenty-six e's, seven f's, four g's, six h's, fourteen i's, one l, two m's, twenty n's, nine o's, eight r's, twenty-nine s's, eighteen t's, six u's, five v's, five w's, four x's and four y's.
On a reasonable PC you should get 1M+ iterations per second, but as the history builds up that will reduce, and memory pressure will build. To combat that you can set the --restart number which will reset the history after a certain number of iterations. The downside to this is that a reduced history will be less effective in preventing repetitive cycles. It's a trade off.
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe --template "This sentence employs {0}." `
--forced z `
--seed 1423524136🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:05
🔁 Iterations: 5,199,158
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 945.474k
🎲 Randomized: 31.96%
This sentence employs two a's, two c's, two d's, twenty-eight e's, five f's, three g's, eight h's, eleven i's, three l's, two m's, thirteen n's, nine o's, two p's, five r's, twenty-five s's, twenty-three t's, six v's, ten w's, two x's, five y's and one z.
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe --template "This sentence employs {0}." `
--forced z `
--seed 812627953🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:07
🔁 Iterations: 5,756,558
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 817.31k
🎲 Randomized: 33.16%
This sentence employs two a's, two c's, two d's, thirty-three e's, three f's, two g's, seven h's, seven i's, three l's, two m's, seventeen n's, eleven o's, two p's, five r's, twenty-seven s's, twenty t's, one u, eight v's, nine w's, one x, five y's and one z.
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe `
--template "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog and yelled 'this sentence contains {0}.'" `
--seed 56262793🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:00
🔁 Iterations: 51,240
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 390.177k
🎲 Randomized: 3.47%
the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog and yelled 'this sentence contains five a's, two b's, four c's, six d's, thirty-four e's, ten f's, three g's, eight h's, fifteen i's, two j's, two k's, five l's, two m's, twenty-one n's, seventeen o's, two p's, two q's, nine r's, thirty-five s's, twenty-seven t's, six u's, nine v's, twelve w's, four x's, seven y's and two z's.'
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe `
--template "jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz and they also love this sentence which has {0}." `
--seed 1632955351🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:00
🔁 Iterations: 277,555
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 525.136k
🎲 Randomized: 7.27%
jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz and they also love this sentence which has eight a's, two b's, four c's, four d's, thirty e's, ten f's, five g's, thirteen h's, eighteen i's, two j's, two k's, five l's, two m's, sixteen n's, fifteen o's, two p's, two q's, eight r's, thirty-seven s's, twenty-seven t's, five u's, nine v's, twelve w's, four x's, six y's and two z's.
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe --conjunction " and lastly " --seed 526894180🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:00
🔁 Iterations: 657,766
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 808.284k
🎲 Randomized: 15.41%
This sentence is an autogram and it contains eight a's, three c's, three d's, thirty-one e's, seven f's, five g's, ten h's, fifteen i's, three l's, two m's, eighteen n's, seven o's, eight r's, twenty-nine s's, twenty-four t's, three u's, six v's, five w's, two x's and lastly five y's.
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe `
--template "Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was composed of {0} and, last but not least, a single !" `
--conjunction ", " `
--alphabet "[a-z\-',]" `
--seed 1868293385🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:06
🔁 Iterations: 5,709,923
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 880.881k
🎲 Randomized: 13.96%
Only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's, sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's, four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's, forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four x's, eleven y's, twenty-three apostrophes, twenty-seven commas, seven hyphens and, last but not least, a single !
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe `
--template "Only a fool would take the time to verify that this sentence is composed of {0} and one exclamation mark!" `
--conjunction ", " `
--alphabet "[a-z\-', ]" `
--seed 1080824275🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:09
🔁 Iterations: 7,147,180
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 790.647k
🎲 Randomized: 13.48%
Only a fool would take the time to verify that this sentence is composed of eleven a's, six c's, four d's, fifty-four e's, thirteen f's, three g's, fifteen h's, twenty-one i's, three k's, eight l's, seven m's, twenty-nine n's, nineteen o's, six p's, thirteen r's, thirty-nine s's, thirty-seven t's, five u's, eleven v's, eight w's, four x's, twelve y's, seventy spaces, twenty-two apostrophes, twenty-five commas, seven hyphens and one exclamation mark!
Autogram\bin\Release\net10.0\Autogram.exe `
--template "This is an autogram with punctuation and it has {0}, one left parenthesis, one right parenthesis, and one full stop (aka period)." `
--conjunction ", " `
--alphabet "[a-z\-', ]" `
--seed 1933830823🎉 Finished 🎉
⏱️ Duration: 00:00:01
🔁 Iterations: 1,364,369
🔁/⏱️ Iterations per second: 1.344M
🎲 Randomized: 4.70%
This is an autogram with punctuation and it has fifteen a's, four c's, four d's, forty-one e's, sixteen f's, five g's, twelve h's, nineteen i's, two k's, six l's, four m's, twenty-eight n's, twenty-four o's, ten p's, fifteen r's, forty-two s's, forty t's, ten u's, six v's, twelve w's, four x's, ten y's, seventy-two spaces, twenty-two apostrophes, twenty-eight commas, seven hyphens, one left parenthesis, one right parenthesis, and one full stop (aka period).