Lingua::Stem::Pt(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Lingua::Stem::Pt(3pm)

NAME

       Lingua::Stem::Pt - Stemming algorithm for Portuguese

SYNOPSIS

	   use Lingua::Stem::Pt;
	   my $stems   = Lingua::Stem::Pt::stem({ -words => $word_list_reference,
						 -locale => 'pt',
					     -exceptions => $exceptions_hash,
					    });

DESCRIPTION

       This routine applies a stemming slgorithm to a passed anon array of Portuguese words, returning the stemmed words as an anon array.

       It is a 'convienence' wrapper for 'Lingua::Stemmer::PT' that provides a standardized interface and caching.

CHANGES

       1.01 2003.09.28 - Documenation fix

       1.00 2003.04.05 - Initial release

METHODS

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

	   Example:

	     my $stemmed_words = Lingua::Stem::Pt::stem({ -words => @words,
							 -locale => 'pt',
						     -exceptions => \%exceptions,
				     });

       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

NOTES

       This code is a wrapper around Lingua::Stem::Snowball::Pt written by Ask Solem Hoel, <ask@unixmonks.net>

SEE ALSO

	Lingua::Stem Lingua::PT::Stemmer;

AUTHOR

	 Integration in Lingua::Stem by
	 Benjamin Franz, FreeRun Technologies,
	 snowhare@nihongo.org or http://www.nihongo.org/snowhare/

COPYRIGHT

       Benjamin Franz, FreeRun Technologies

       This code is freely available under the same terms as Perl.

BUGS

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perl v5.10.1							    2007-10-23						     Lingua::Stem::Pt(3pm)