CCAT searches with Orbis

[M. Roy Harris]

On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, William H. TeBrake wrote:

> M. Roy Harris wrote:
> >
> > If what I report is true, is there some way to force Orbis to give the
> > true number of occurrences in the database?
> >
> Roy,
> Yes, Orbis counts the passages containing the search item, not the
> number or occurrances. However, you should be able to get an accurate
> count by means of the "display vocabulary" option, if my memory serves
> me correctly.
> Hope this helps,

The "display vocabulary" option returns the same number of occurrences as
the one reported on the top line of the display window, at least in the
version of Orbis that I have (fall 1994, I think).

Roy

M. Roy Harris, Professor Emeritus | e-mail mr...@Virginia.EDU
French Language & Literature | tel (804) 924-7158
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[Christian Adjemian]

About counting,

I've noticed the same problem with Orbis. Has anyone tried to see if the
concordance feature gives the same result? I haven't tried in a while, but
I seem to recall that the concordance list actually gives you each item,
and not merely each verse, in its immediate context.

Pastor Christian Adjemian
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
& Ottawa Theological Hall
Phone: 613-264-0262
http://www.perth.igs.net/~adjemian/index.html

[M. Roy Harris]

Many thanks to James for posting the Sss utility. It does indeed seem
to do what I want Orbis to do -- give me an accurate count of all the
occurrences of a string in my database. Now, if I can just remember
the names of all the xpl programs I am accumulating and, more
importantly, what they do.