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mg_spellcorrect.pro
Returns the correct spelling of the given word. Based on Peter Norvig's Python spelling corrector.
Examples
Try the main-level program at the end of the file:
IDL> .run mg_spellcorrect
"corect" should be spelled "correct"
"information" was spelled correctly
"informtion" should be spelled "information"
"known" was spelled correctly
Author information
- Author
Michael Galloy
Other file information
- Requires:
IDL 8.0
Routines
Routines from mg_spellcorrect.pro
result = mg_spellcorrect_generate_hash()Generates the known words hash.
result = mg_spellcorrect_edits1( [word])Create hash of all edits of a word that are only 1 character off from the original.
result = mg_spellcorrect_known_edits2( [word] [, known_hash=hash: string->long])Create hash of all correct edits of a word that are only 2 edits off from the original.
result = mg_spellcorrect_known(words [, known_hash=hash: string->long])Creates a hash of the known words in a given hash of words.
result = mg_spellcorrect(word [, known_words=hash object] [, /correct])Corrects the spelling of a word.
Routine details
top mg_spellcorrect_generate_hash
result = mg_spellcorrect_generate_hash()
Generates the known words hash.
Return value
hash: string->long
top mg_spellcorrect_edits1
result = mg_spellcorrect_edits1( [word])
Create hash of all edits of a word that are only 1 character off from the original.
Return value
hash: string->byte
Parameters
- word in optional type=string
word to find edits of
top mg_spellcorrect_known_edits2
result = mg_spellcorrect_known_edits2( [word] [, known_hash=hash: string->long])
Create hash of all correct edits of a word that are only 2 edits off from the original.
Return value
hash: string->byte
Parameters
- word in optional type=string
word to find edits of
Keywords
- known_hash in out optional type=hash: string->long
hash of known word frequencies
top mg_spellcorrect_known
result = mg_spellcorrect_known(words [, known_hash=hash: string->long])
Creates a hash of the known words in a given hash of words.
Return value
hash: string->byte
Parameters
- words in required type=hash: string->byte
Keywords
- known_hash in out optional type=hash: string->long
hash of known word frequencies
top mg_spellcorrect
result = mg_spellcorrect(word [, known_words=hash object] [, /correct])
Corrects the spelling of a word.
Return value
string
Parameters
- word in required type=string
string to check spelling of
Keywords
- known_words in out optional type=hash object
can be passed in to avoid reading/construction the known words frequency table; will be passed out if given a named variable
- correct out optional type=boolean
set to a named variable to indicate if the word passed in was correctly spelled
File attributes
| Modification date: | Wed May 14 15:07:14 2014 |
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| Docformat: | rst rst |
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