wink-porter2-stemmer

Implementation of Porter Stemmer Algorithm V2 by Dr Martin F Porter

wink-porter2-stemmer is a part of wink, which is a family of Machine Learning NPM packages. They consist of simple and/or higher order functions that can be combined with NodeJS stream and child processes to create recipes for analytics driven business solutions.

Stemming reduces an inflected word into its base form, for example learning to learn. It is used extensively in Natural Language Processing (NLP).

Installation

Use npm to install:

npm install wink-porter2-stemmer --save

Usage

// Load porter stemmer V2
var stem = require( 'wink-porter2-stemmer' );

console.log( stem( 'properly' ) );
// -> proper

console.log( stem( 'borrowed' ) );
// -> borrow

console.log( stem( 'stemming' ) );
// -> stem

Need Help?

If you spot a bug and the same has not yet been reported, raise a new issue or consider fixing it and sending a pull request.

Copyright & License

wink-porter2-stemmer is copyright 2017 GRAYPE Systems Private Limited.

It is licensed under the under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.