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help with DictionaryLookup[] and a type of regular expression

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  • Subject: [mg109643] help with DictionaryLookup[] and a type of regular expression
  • From: Michael Stern <nycstern at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 07:51:46 -0400 (EDT)

Is there an elegant way to do dictionary searches that match specified 
kinds of character repetition? For example, to search for six letter 
words that start with "d" and end with "k", where the third and fourth 
letter are the same?

Finding six letter words that start with "d" and end with "k" is easy --

DictionaryLookup[{"English", RegularExpression["d....k"]}]

But how do we restrict the answer to words where the third and fourth 
letters are the same?

Thanks,

Michael=


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