Webmaster's Review of CodeFinder 1.20
Version Release Date: October 14, 1999    Date of Review:  November 2, 1999

CodeFinder has many features that no other program has, that will save you hours of time. The way the results are presented in a "tree" structure, which tells you when and where the search terms you entered are found together. You don't have to look at each matrix individually--the program tells you which ones are worth looking at, and now, will find the best matrix for you. The search power is unmatched by any program.

For the beginner, CodeFinder is a good program, but it's incredible features usually are not taken advantage of until you become experienced with the program. For the experienced researcher, CodeFinder is a very powerful tool. There are so many customizable features, that are very convenient, and save a lot of time. One feature that I personally like is the "Search Parameters" option. Many times, the central term is a long word, so I want the search to go up to ELS's around 35,000 to make sure I've checked everything. However, a short 4 letter term that is also on the search list will be found hundreds of thousands of times if it searches up to an ELS of 35,000. That will slow down the search, and add unnecessary clutter to my matrix. "Search Parameters" allows you to set a different ELS range for each term that is in the search list.

Other features I like are the customizable matrix size, and results caching (which saves a lot of time). See one of the CodeFinder websites for detailed feature lists.

My favorite feature of all, that only CodeFinder has, is the ability to run the same exact search on a control text. CodeFinder has several control texts. You can make a list of search terms, run a search in the Bible, and then save that list, and run the same search in a control text. The control texts are:

Moby Dick: The English version of Moby Dick, which is a little smaller than the Tanach. Easy to search, because it's in English, but not as good a control text because of the difference in language.
War and Peace: The Hebrew version of the 1st 78,000+ letters of War and Peace. That makes it the exact same size as the book of Genesis.
Randomized Torah: The randomized Torah has the exact same amount of total letters as the real Torah, and the exact same amount of each letter. The difference is that the letters are in a random order. This is a fabulous control text.

Also, I really enjoy and benefit from the new "report" feature, which automatically creates a report with all the terms in your matrix, the Hebrew spellings, and all the numbers you need. You can also right click on a highlighted letter in the matrix, and the program will tell you which word it's a type of.

I highly recommend this program to anyone who is serious about code research. I use this program far more than any other.

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