get_words reads in words to be inserted in the puzzle and the specifications of the puzzle.

Reads the puzzle description file and returns a character vector with one word in each element.

get_words(puzzle_description_file)

Arguments

puzzle_description_file

is a character varialble containing the name of the file containing the word list and specifications. It has a list of words ended by a line beginning with a '#'. Words may be on the same or different lines. The following elements make of the specifications, which follow the word list: puzzle_description_file File name (with path if necessary) with the specifications and word list to use. title Title for word puzzle first page. max_trials Number of times the program is to try to fit each word into the puzzle n_direction times. n_directions Number of directions (not necessarily different) to be tried for each word if needed. width Width of puzzle in characters. height Height of puzzle in rows. left_right Direction of word characters; normal. right_left Direction of word characters; backward. up_down Direction of word characters down_up Direction of word characters up_right Direction of word characters up_left Direction of word characters down_right Direction of word characters down_left Direction of word characters

Details

The letter case of words and order is not changed.