Description
Return installment and cumulative shares of a novel's word budget.
Comparative-literature annotations connect editions, passages, speakers, structural frames and count units. Literal keys and normalized lengths can support consistent records while textual meaning, translation fidelity and bibliographic authority remain matters for source-aware editorial analysis.
Return installment and cumulative shares of a novel's word budget.
When to use this tool
Use Serialized Novel Installment Word Share when checking a supplied literary annotation, cross-edition offset or count convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter installmentWords, previousWords, totalWords. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read share, cumulativeShare, remainingWords. Use the output convention below.
Return installment and cumulative shares of a novel's word budget. Require positive whole totalWords and nonnegative previous/installment words with sum <= total; return installment/total, cumulative/total and remainingWords.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| installmentWords | Installment Words | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| previousWords | Previous Words | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| totalWords | Total Words | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| share | Dimensionless numerator/denominator ratio under the explicit basis above. | Required. Finite number. |
| cumulativeShare | Cumulative Share | Required. Finite number. |
| remainingWords | Remaining Words | Required. Safe integer. |
{
"input": {
"installmentWords": 10000,
"previousWords": 20000,
"totalWords": 100000
},
"output": {
"share": 0.1,
"cumulativeShare": 0.3,
"remainingWords": 70000
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Counts are supplied and need not come from a manuscript; serialization pace or literary significance is not inferred.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Inspect the source editions and their annotation/counting policy for substantive literary, translation or provenance conclusions.
References
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