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Unnamed patterns use a descriptor.
For spaceships, it is #p#h#v#.
First number is the smallest amount of cells, second is the [[period]], third and fourth are (relative to the positioning it which it was discovered) horizontal and vertical displacement. Diagonal ships normally have h1v1.
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'''Unnamed patterns''' are referred to using a descriptor.
For oscillators, the format of the descripter is <tt>#p#</tt>. The first number denotes the smallest amount of cells in any generation; the second denotes the [[period]]. For spaceships, this is extended to <tt>#p#h#v#</tt>. The third and fourth the horizontal and vertical displacement of the ship, relative to its initial position.
In either case, objects that would ordinarily be assigned the same descriptor may be distinguished by appending a period and an index, e.g. [[28P7.1]] and [[28P7.2]].
== Also see ==
* [[Apgsearch format]]

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Unnamed patterns are referred to using a descriptor.

For oscillators, the format of the descripter is #p#. The first number denotes the smallest amount of cells in any generation; the second denotes the period. For spaceships, this is extended to #p#h#v#. The third and fourth the horizontal and vertical displacement of the ship, relative to its initial position.

In either case, objects that would ordinarily be assigned the same descriptor may be distinguished by appending a period and an index, e.g. 28P7.1 and 28P7.2.

Also see