Lingua::Stem::It.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2010-06-14 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Lingua::Stem::It - Porter's stemming algorithm for Italian

SYNOPSIS

     use Lingua::Stem::It;
     my $stems = Lingua::Stem::It::stem({ -words => $word_list_reference,
                                          -locale => 'it',
                                          -exceptions => $exceptions_hash,
                                       });
     
     my $stem = Lingua::Stem::It::stem_word( $word );
 
 

DESCRIPTION

This module applies the Porter Stemming Algorithm to its parameters, returning the stemmed words.

The algorithm is implemented exactly (I hope :-) as described in:

     http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/italian/stemmer.html
 
 

The code is carefully crafted to work in conjunction with the Lingua::Stem module by Benjamin Franz, from which I've also borrowed some functionalities (caching and exception list).

METHODS

stem({ -words => \@words, -locale => 'it', -exceptions => \%exceptions });
Stems a list of passed words. Returns an anonymous list reference to the stemmed words.

Example:

   my $stemmed_words = Lingua::Stem::It::stem({ -words => \@words,
                                                -locale => 'it',
                                                -exceptions => \%exceptions,
                           });
 
 
stem_word( $word );
Stems a single word and returns the stem directly.

Example:

   my $stem = Lingua::Stem::It::stem_word( $word );
 
 
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

EXPORT

None by default.

AUTHOR

Aldo Calpini, dada@perl.it

SEE ALSO

  Lingua::Stem
 
 
Copyright (c) Aldo Calpini, dada@perl.it. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.