\nBelow is my first Python script, concordance.py:\n<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\r\n#!\/usr\/bin\/env python2\r\n\r\n# concordance.py - do KWIK search against a text\r\n#\r\n# usage: .\/concordance.py <file> <word>ph\r\n\r\n# Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan@nd.edu>\r\n# November 5, 2014 - my first real python script!\r\n\r\n\r\n# require\r\nimport sys\r\nimport nltk\r\n\r\n# get input; needs sanity checking\r\nfile = sys.argv[ 1 ]\r\nword = sys.argv[ 2 ]\r\n\r\n# do the work\r\ntext = nltk.Text( nltk.word_tokenize( open( file ).read( ) ) )\r\ntext.concordance( word )\r\n\r\n# done\r\nquit()\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/code><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nGiven the path to a plain text file as well as a word, the script will output no more than twenty-five lines containing the given word. It is a keyword-in-context (KWIC) search engine, one of the oldest text mining tools in existence.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe script is my first foray into Python scripting. While Perl is cool (and “kewl”), it behooves me to learn the language of others if I expect good communication to happen. This includes others using my code and me using the code of others. Moreover, Python comes with a library (module) call the Natural Langauge Toolkit (NLTK<\/a>) which makes it relatively easy to get my feet wet with text mining in this environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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