replacing "&" with "&+" for phonological fragments

['Janet Bang' via chibolts]

Thanks Leonid! I did a spot-check and it seemed to work well.

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Janet,
>
> Yes, the second "chstring -w +s"&+~" "&~" +s"&+=" "&=" +s"&+-" "&-" *.cha"
> command would fix the &= option. The CHSTRING option +s"&+=" "&=" will do
> just that fix. The one thing you need to worry about is the file names. The
> first command does work on the *.cha file, but it will create output
> *.chstr.cex files. So, the second command will need an input file to
> be *.chstr.cex.
>
> You can streamline the process if you backup your data files first. Then
> you can make the CHSTRING changes on the copy *.cha data files. In this
> case use following commands:
>
> 1st: chstring -w +s"&" "&+" +1 *.cha
>
> 2nd: chstring -w +s"&+~" "&~" +s"&+=" "&=" +s"&+-" "&-" +1 *.cha
>
>
> In the end you can use FREQ command freq +o3 +u +s&* *.cha to get the
> full list of all &... codes in your data files. If you see any bad codes,
> then just use 2nd CHSTRING command to fix them too. Or run CHECK command.
>
> Please, CHECK your data files in the end for errors and may be visually
> examine few files just to be sure that they look okay.
>
>
> Leonid.
>
> On Jun 3, 2025, at 16:09, 'Janet Bang' via chibolts <
> chibolts at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Leonid,
>
> Thanks! I was worried about using chstring because we also used the "&="
> for simple events, but so would the second chstring command address that
> issue?
>
> I'll also test this out a few files, rather than doing this to the whole
> corpus at once and let you know if I have any questions.
>
> Janet
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Janet,
>>
>> Sorry for delay in reply. I remember that we had to do the same thing for
>> our data and I vaguely remember we had a command to do it for many files at
>> the time. But, unfortunately I cannot seem to find that command anywhere.
>>
>>
>> One suggestion I have to use BBEdit editor. It has a good Grep function
>> which will help identify the right "&" symbols.
>>
>>
>> You can also do it in two passes. First, use the following command to
>> replace all '&' symbols with '&+':
>>
>> chstring -w +s"&" "&+" *.cha
>>
>> Next use CHSTRING command to replace mistakes that the first command
>> might have created. For example,
>>
>> chstring -w +s"&+~" "&~" +s"&+=" "&=" +s"&+-" "&-" *.cha
>>
>>
>> Leonid.
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2025, at 18:21, 'Janet Bang' via chibolts <
>> chibolts at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am preparing transcripts to contribute to CHILDES, and at the time of
>> transcription we were using the "&" symbol for phonological fragments.
>>
>> Is there a code that we could use to automatically replace these to the
>> "&+"? This was coming up as an error when using CHECK, and I was hoping to
>> clear these to identify any other issues before contributing.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Janet
>>
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