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Attempting to reduce memory allocations during word processing.

Development

• Each word processor is provided a string. It needs to be able to process this string into individual words and index these, complying to the requirements outlined below.

Requirements

• The provided word should be split using these characters:

  • ' '
  • '\'
  • '/'
  • '['
  • ']'
  • '('
  • ')'

• If there is a hyphen in the word:

  • Both the left and right side of the hyphen should be processed as seperate words.
  • The word should be processed excluding the hyphen.
  • The word should be processed including the hyphen.

• If there is no hyphen in the word:

  • 'quick' should be processed as both 'quick' and 'uick'.

• Every word should be able to be retrieved as an exact match or a partial match.

• Every word should be able to be retireved with no dependency on case.

System Requirements

• The code currently runs using .NET Frameowrk 4.7.2