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README.md

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+# di
+
+*From little fig, while groves halfway.*
+
+An implementation of the Diastic technique.

di.py

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+import sys
+
+def diastic(word, phrases):
+    words = []
+
+    cur = 0
+
+    for idx, c in enumerate(word):
+        for nxt, phrase in enumerate(phrases[cur:]):
+            if len(phrase) > idx and phrase[idx] == c:
+                words.append(phrase)
+                cur = idx + 1
+                break
+
+    return " ".join(words)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    with open(sys.argv[2]) as f:
+        words = f.read().split()
+    print(diastic(sys.argv[1], words))