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Functions for basic text processing and analysis.

Summary

Types

language()

A language as a BCP-47 string

Functions

ngram(text, n)

See Text.Ngram.ngram/2.

pluralize_noun(word, options \\ [])

Pluralize a noun.

Types

language()

@type language() :: String.t()

A language as a BCP-47 string

Functions

ngram(text, n)

See Text.Ngram.ngram/2.

pluralize_noun(word, options \\ [])

Pluralize a noun.

Arguments

  • word is any English noun.

  • options is a keyword list of options.

Options

  • :mode is either :modern or :classical. The default is :modern.

  • :language is the inflection module to be used. The default and ony option is Text.Inflect.En

Returns

  • a String representing the pluralized noun

Notes

mode when :classical applies pluralization on latin nouns used in english but with latin suffixes.

Examples

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "Major general"
"Major generals"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "fish"
"fish"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "soliloquy"
"soliloquies"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "genius", mode: :classical
"genii"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "genius"
"geniuses"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "platypus", mode: :classical
"platypodes"

iex> Text.pluralize_noun "platypus"
"platypuses"