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What's the rule/series/equation/etc. used to split the alphabet into the following two groups.

Group 1: a e f h i k l m n t v w x y z
Group 2: b c d g j o p q r s u
 
Originally posted by: ergeorge
What's the rule/series/equation/etc. used to split the alphabet into the following two groups.

Group 1: a e f h i k l m n t v w x y z
Group 2: b c d g j o p q r s u

G1: 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 ,26
G2: 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21
 
Seems too open ended.
It could be a weird scheme like (for example, this doesn't actually work) convert them to their ASCII value, mod 3, mult it by the 5th letter after it then average it with the prev letter. Take that then mod 2, if 0 -> group 1, else group 2, etc etc...
I'm sure it's a lot simpler but i don't see it!
 
Here's obligatory cheating way:

Set setA = { 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 ,26 };
Group g1;
Group g2;
foreach(Letter ltr in Alphabet)
{
if(ltr.ASCII in setA)
g1.Add(ltr);
else
g2.Add(ltr);
}
 
Originally posted by: yowolabi
All of those letters should be capitalized, then it would be easier to figure out.

Kinda gave it away...first group capatalized= straight lines...second group= curves?
 
Originally posted by: yowolabi
All of those letters should be capitalized, then it would be easier to figure out.

Did you just figure this out or have you seen it before?
First time I saw it, it was presented to our senior design class by a visiting speaker ... 30 odd AE's beating our heads against the wall fooling around with number sequences, ASCII codes, number of line segments in each, vowels vs. consonants etc. Was comical.
 
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