19. The system of claim 1 wherein said stored sequence of strokes for said predetermined symbols further includes grouping the stored information.
1. An alphanumeric character recognition system for analyzing symbols each written in a sequence of strokes comprising: means for defining a writing area, means to separate said writing area into a minimum number of elongated side-by-side parallel contact areas, means for storing for predetermined symbols said sequence of strokes as to the respective side-by-side areas contacted, writing means for writing symbols in said writing area, said writing means connected to said storing means to feed thereto said sequence of strokes contacting said side-by-side parallel areas when a symbol is being written, comparison means for comparing said stored sequence of strokes of said predetermined symbols with said written sequence of strokes, and utilization means having the output of said comparison means connected thereto.