Module Stemmer

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# Module Stemmer

Stemmer: stemming algorithms from the snowball project.

Classes | [hide private]

| Stemmer An instance of a stemming algorithm.

Functions | [hide private]

algorithms(...) Get a list of the names of the available stemming algorithms. |

version(...) Get the version string of the stemming module. |

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| __package__ = `None`
| __test__ = ``{``}``

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### algorithms(...)

Get a list of the names of the available stemming algorithms.

Note that there are also aliases for these algorithm names, which are not included in this list by default. If the 'aliases' keyword parameter is False, this list is guaranteed to contain precisely one entry for each available stemming algorithm. Otherwise, all known aliases for algorithms will be included in the list.

Note that the the classic Porter stemming algorithm for English is available by default: although this has been superceded by an improved algorithm, the original algorithm may be of interest to information retrieval researchers wishing to reproduce results of earlier experiments. Most users will want to use the "english" algorithm, instead of the "porter" algorithm.

### version(...)

Get the version string of the stemming module.

This version number is for the Stemmer module as a whole (not for an individual stemming algorithm).