Description

Morse Mismatches
Morse Mismatches |
Samuel F. B. Morse is best known for the coding scheme that carries his name. Morse code is still used in international radio communication. The coding of text using Morse code is straightforward. Each character (case is insignificant) is translated to a predefined sequence of dits and dahs (the elements of Morse code). Dits are represented as periods (``.'') and dahs are represented as hyphens or minus signs (``-''). Each element is transmitted by sending a signal for some period of time. A dit is rather short, and a dah is, in perfectly formed code, three times as long as a dit. A short silent space appears between elements, with a longer space between characters. A still longer space separates words. This dependence on the spacing and timing of elements means that Morse code operators sometimes do not send perfect code. This results in difficulties for the receiving operator, but frequently the message can be decoded depending on context.
In this problem we consider reception of words in Morse code without spacing between letters. Without the spa