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You guys are all here real programmers, but I am just good with Excel & a bit of javascript. I made this sheet to get best possible words, & I am trying to get

You guys are all here real programmers, but I am just good with Excel & a bit of javascript. I made this sheet to get best possible words, & I am trying to get this converted into a bookmarklet. My excel sheet is explained in this different hn thread about same game https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30037065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30037065 The whole word list is available in the javascript code of the game page. I know all of that can can be accessed by javascript runtime, but the javascript wordle uses is not the one I can understand, could somebody please have a look at wordle page source & let me know how can I access the variables defined in his code in js file https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/main.e65ce0a5.js in variable named La My some of the basic js apps I have made for myself are hosted on gitlab at username davchana In manual mode I try to use first word with 3 vowels & no repeat letters. Hard mode is good for not letting the tryies go waste. Thanks

tomlockwood 5y ago
Hey! Don't say you aren't a real programmer! I learnt how to program in my spare time at an industrial site, using Excel! Excel runs the world, and a few years ago I got a programming contract because I had that VBA knowledge! That same company was so impressed that I eventually got a full time job with them. I am still a full time programmer to this day. So, keep working at it! Excel is real programming and javascript definitely is. For your problem though, I just copy pasted the entire list into a new file to use. If you want to use my file, its in my repo in the article under the path ./lib/words.py! You are a real programmer!!!
- davchana 5y ago
  Hey thanks for the success story & words of encouragement.. you are the hero!! The file; I was wondering how can I access the list in my javascript bookmarklet, which I can run on his game page. I mean i can define the whole list in my own variable in my bookmarklet, but sure it is going to be over the character limit of a bookmarklet. How, when the game page is loaded, one can access that variable in console log? I tried simply typing La, but looks like it was not declared on global scope, it is a part of some object. I am thinking of using a .js file in my bookmarklet, to bypass the char limit; or adding a script link in dom; but those will be redundant data; the original var is there in runtime.
  - tomlockwood 5y ago
    Ahhh for that problem, I am not sure! Best of luck!

tomlockwood 5y ago

Hey! Don't say you aren't a real programmer! I learnt how to program in my spare time at an industrial site, using Excel! Excel runs the world, and a few years ago I got a programming contract because I had that VBA knowledge! That same company was so impressed that I eventually got a full time job with them. I am still a full time programmer to this day. So, keep working at it! Excel is real programming and javascript definitely is. For your problem though, I just copy pasted the entire list into a new file to use. If you want to use my file, its in my repo in the article under the path ./lib/words.py! You are a real programmer!!!

davchana 5y ago
Hey thanks for the success story & words of encouragement.. you are the hero!! The file; I was wondering how can I access the list in my javascript bookmarklet, which I can run on his game page. I mean i can define the whole list in my own variable in my bookmarklet, but sure it is going to be over the character limit of a bookmarklet. How, when the game page is loaded, one can access that variable in console log? I tried simply typing La, but looks like it was not declared on global scope, it is a part of some object. I am thinking of using a .js file in my bookmarklet, to bypass the char limit; or adding a script link in dom; but those will be redundant data; the original var is there in runtime.
- tomlockwood 5y ago
  Ahhh for that problem, I am not sure! Best of luck!