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Chapter Nine

A Reporting Tool Using Programming by Example for Format Designation

Instead, our system employs a simple generalization process for just one

example.

Myers (1991) uses just one example for text formatting. The generaliza-

tion process includes parsing the example text's special words (e.g.,

Chapter,

Section,

and

Appendix),

numbers, separators, and decorations (e.g., lines

and boxes). The parsing process encounters ambiguity. Our problem is well

structured enough to make the system deterministic and easy to use.

9o 2. System Overview

The reporting tool is used in two phases: the format-making phase and the