SYNOPSIS

    use Lingua::Stem::Pt;
    my $stems   = Lingua::Stem::Pt::stem({ -words => $word_list_reference,
                                          -locale => 'pt',
                                      -exceptions => $exceptions_hash,
                                     });

DESCRIPTION

This routine applies a stemming slgorithm to a passed anon array of Portuguese words, returning the stemmed words as an anon array.

It is a 'convienence' wrapper for 'Lingua::Stemmer::PT' that provides a standardized interface and caching.

CHANGES

1.01 2003.09.28 - Documenation fix

1.00 2003.04.05 - Initial release

METHODS

stem({ -words => \@words, -locale => 'pt', -exceptions => \%exceptions });

Stems a list of passed words using the rules of Portuguese. Returns an anonymous array reference to the stemmed words. Example: my $stemmed_words = Lingua::Stem::Pt::stem({ -words => \@words, -locale => 'pt', -exceptions => \%exceptions, });

stem_caching({ -level => 0|1|2 });

Sets the level of stem caching. '0' means 'no caching'. This is the default level. '1' means 'cache per run'. This caches stemming results during a single

    call to 'stem'.

'2' means 'cache indefinitely'. This caches stemming results until

    either the process exits or the 'clear_stem_cache' method is called.
clear_stem_cache;

Clears the cache of stemmed words

NOTES

This code is a wrapper around Lingua::Stem::Snowball::Pt written by Ask Solem Hoel, <[email protected]>

RELATED TO Lingua::Stem::Pt…

Lingua::Stem Lingua::PT::Stemmer;

AUTHOR

Integration in Lingua::Stem by Benjamin Franz, FreeRun Technologies, [email protected] or http://www.nihongo.org/snowhare/

COPYRIGHT

Benjamin Franz, FreeRun Technologies

This code is freely available under the same terms as Perl.

BUGS

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