ITECH1400 Fundamentals Of Programming

ITECH1400 Fundamentals of Programming CRICOS Provider No 00103D ITECH1400 Assig

ITECH1400 Fundamentals of Programming CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH1400 Assig

Develop a program that reads a large list of English words from a file named "English.txt" and finds all words that are palindromes or anagrams according to the specified criteria. Palindromes are words that read the same forward and backward, such as "radar" or "civic". Anagrams are words composed of exactly the same letters as another word in the list, such as "cineasts" and "acnestis". The program should process the entire list efficiently, identify all such words, and output the results accordingly.

The program must include separate modules or functions to identify palindromes and to find anagrams. It should generate output that clearly indicates which words are palindromes and which are anagrams, including demonstrating that the implementation works correctly with appropriate test samples. Proper documentation and explanation of algorithms used are essential, along with well-formatted code following best programming practices.

Submission should include all source code files and a Word or LibreOffice document explaining the approach, assumptions, and discussion of the results. Pack all files into a single ZIP archive named in the format <Your-Name>_<Your-Student-ID>.zip. Submit before the deadline: Friday, 3rd May, 5 PM.

Paper For Above instruction

Identifying palindromes and anagrams within a large list of words is a classic programming problem that encompasses string manipulation, data structures, and algorithm efficiency. The task involves reading an extensive dataset—approximately 400,000 words—and processing it to extract words that satisfy specific linguistic properties: palindromes and anagrams.

To approach this problem systematically, it is critical to clearly define the algorithms and their corresponding pseudocode, followed by efficient implementation. The palindrome-identification algorithm is relatively straightforward. It involves reversing each word and comparing it to the original to check for equality. The key to efficiency here is to minimize redundant operations and to process the list in a single pass where possible.

Algorithm for Palindromes

1. Read each word from the list.


2. Convert the word to lowercase to ensure consistency.


3. Reverse the string.


4. Compare the reversed string with the original.


5. If they are the same, store the word in the palindrome list.


6. Continue until all words are processed.


7. Output the list of palindromes.

This process has a linear time complexity with respect to the number of words, O(n), as each word is processed once, and string reversal is linear in the length of the word.

Implementation of Palindromes in Code

In Python, the implementation can be as follows:

def is_palindrome(word):


word_lower = word.lower()


return word_lower == word_lower[::-1]


palindrome_words = []


with open("English.txt", "r") as file:


for line in file:


word = line.strip()


if is_palindrome(word):


palindrome_words.append(word)


Output or process palindrome_words as needed

The implementation above efficiently checks each word. The key is reversing the string with slicing and comparing. It is important to handle case sensitivity as the list may contain words with varying capitalization.

Identification of Anagrams

The more complex component is identifying anagrams. Since anagrams involve rearranged versions of the same letters, a common approach is to use sorted strings as keys. For each word, sort its characters alphabetically, and then group words with identical sorted forms.

Algorithm for Anagrams

1. Initialize a dictionary (hash map) to map sorted letter sequences to lists of words.


2. Read each word from the list.


3. Convert to lowercase.


4. Sort the characters in the word.


5. Use the sorted version as a key in the dictionary.


6. Append the original word to the list corresponding to that key.


7. After processing all words, identify the entries with more than one word, indicating anagrams.


8. Output all anagram groups.

This process highlights the significance of efficient string handling and hashing for scalability when dealing with hundreds of thousands of words.

Implementation of Anagrams in Code

from collections import defaultdict


def find_anagrams(word_list):


anagram_groups = defaultdict(list)


for word in word_list:


word_lower = word.lower()


sorted_word = ''.join(sorted(word_lower))


anagram_groups[sorted_word].append(word)


Filter groups with more than one word


return {key: words for key, words in anagram_groups.items() if len(words) > 1}


words = []


with open("English.txt", "r") as file:


for line in file:


words.append(line.strip())


anagram_dict = find_anagrams(words)


Output the groups of anagrams


for group in anagram_dict.values():


print(", ".join(group))

Proper documentation must explain the choice of data structures and the efficiency considerations. Also, testing the algorithms with representative samples ensures correctness. For example, include known palindromes like "deified" and anagrams like "listen" and "silent" in test cases to verify functionality.

Discussion and Conclusion

Effective identification of palindromes and anagrams within large datasets requires optimized algorithms and careful implementation. Palindrome detection can be achieved with string reversal, which is computationally straightforward, whereas anagram detection leverages sorting and hash maps to handle massive data efficiently. Both approaches should be tested against representative samples to validate accuracy.

In practice, handling large-scale data necessitates attention to code efficiency and memory management. Using in-place string operations, avoiding unnecessary data copies, and choosing suitable data structures like dictionaries or hash maps significantly enhances performance. Moreover, the program should be modular to facilitate troubleshooting, testing, and future extension—such as adding functionalities to analyze word frequencies or filter specific subsets.

In conclusion, constructing a program to identify palindromes and anagrams from a sizeable word list is an instructive exercise that combines string processing, data structures, and algorithm optimization. Proper documentation, testing, and adherence to coding best practices are essential for developing a reliable and efficient solution.

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