Further Text Interpolation Experiments

Some more wrangling in Processing, some new results experimenting with interpolating texts.  The problem with previous tests was that if the files aren’t the exact same length, remaining characters were simply dumped at the end of the resulting file.  While character-accurate, it isn’t really an interpolation.  Instead, this new version finds the ratio between the number of characters in the two texts.  For example:

File one = 351,155 characters
File two = 194,138 characters

This makes the ratio between the two files ~2/1.  The code reads two characters in the longer file, interpolates them, and then interpolates that result against a single character from the first file.  Two examples are below using Shakespeare’s sonnet #51 and 117.

The sonnets interpolated using a ratio-interpolation:

 lclanel slodij eigsnA otfe sdaceturtrd  c dltrnIiamtrhnohddoascoar nioeoEaacehsh Oodsdi lhtoodrnion lrlaoosrfn Etosini Si iieintiItgsaIaonaniid hr maueccsiou Aneo  ioEj hciefsmhsal hiimtrm gimstyaelaanr Aautlrd s otalige lfsr hdohinasucsouodleiahofoEo  seooTnhsd  rlhsd noirlh rononiiena lsaih TsrnOaauohcnieslaomtsa mtelaseriinirOtyaddnOooislta  iococnoi fceutcpnlaons egn hocalo Inhs Rih tr whselr. olrrolcsrouatndrwsideaa Sohou s olsnoiatrhd rtdndisrrmtlrlrnihst Anhtordtiehte rt ctdau poloiducdaelnreoie ii  fhco sfhevlnti aeHnaN ilhtleisce rotddcdo   h se gordsnfhmtlai dTnlroiiremtso psf o

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lclanel slodij eigsnA otfe sdaceturtrd  c dltrnIiamtrhnohddoascoar nioeoEaacehsh Oodsdi lhtoodrnion lrlaoosrfn Etosini Si iieintiItgsaIaonaniid hr maueccsiou Aneo  ioEj hciefsmhsal hiimtrm gimstyaelaanr Aautlrd s otalige lfsr hdohinasucsouodleiahofoEo  seooTnhsd  rlhsd noirlh rononiiena lsaih TsrnOaauohcnieslaomtsa mtelaseriinirOtyaddnOooislta  iococnoi fceutcpnlaons egn hocalo Inhs Rih tr whselr. olrrolcsrouatndrwsideaa Sohou s olsnoiatrhd rtdndisrrmtlrlrnihst Anhtordtiehte rt ctdau poloiducdaelnreoie ii  fhco sfhevlnti aeHnaN ilhtleisce rotddcdo   h se gordsnfhmtlai dTnlroiiremtso psf o

 

The text above, run through Microsoft Word’s spell-check:

cannel solid deigns often sdaceturtrd  c dltrnIiamtrhnohddoascoar nioeoEaacehsh Odds lhtoodrnion lrlaoosrfn Eosin Si iieintiItgsaIaonaniid hr maueccsiou Anew  ice hciefsmhsal hitter gimstyaelaanr Auld s totalize lifer hdohinasucsouodleiahofoEo  soothed  rills north rononiiena lash TsrnOaauohcnieslaomtsa mtelaseriinirOtyaddnOooislta  rococo fceutcpnlaons egg horal Inns Rah try wheel. olrrolcsrouatndrwsideaa Shoo s olsnoiatrhd rtdndisrrmtlrlrnihst Anhtordtiehte rat coda poloiducdaelnreoie ii  face sheltie ashcan ilhtleisce rotddcdo   h se gordsnfhmtlai dTnlroiiremtso puff o

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cannel solid deigns often sdaceturtrd  c dltrnIiamtrhnohddoascoar nioeoEaacehsh Odds lhtoodrnion lrlaoosrfn Eosin Si iieintiItgsaIaonaniid hr maueccsiou Anew  ice hciefsmhsal hitter gimstyaelaanr Auld s totalize lifer hdohinasucsouodleiahofoEo  soothed  rills north rononiiena lash TsrnOaauohcnieslaomtsa mtelaseriinirOtyaddnOooislta  rococo fceutcpnlaons egg horal Inns Rah try wheel. olrrolcsrouatndrwsideaa Shoo s olsnoiatrhd rtdndisrrmtlrlrnihst Anhtordtiehte rat coda poloiducdaelnreoie ii  face sheltie ashcan ilhtleisce rotddcdo   h se gordsnfhmtlai dTnlroiiremtso puff o