Hi Andrew, ahg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/04/2007 12:18:22:
> Hi, all, > > I'm looking for a simple, straightforward example of how to use the > Snowball stemmer to make Lucene search results return all variants of > the terms searched for. > > For example, if I search for "eat", I'd like Lucene to find "eating", > "eaten", "ate", etc. > Take a look at the snowball test: org.apache.lucene.analysis.snowball.TestSnowball (under src/test) - it does something very similar. > In particular, I'm not clear on whether everything required to do this > is the contrib/snowball/ directory, or do I have to find an external > dictionary somewhere? No, snowball stemmers are algorithmic/rule based, no dictionaries. > > In summary: I just need a quick explanation as to what resources I need > and how to put them together. > > (By the way, I'm actually looking to do this with Spanish rather than > English, but examples for any language would be great.) > > Many thanks in advance, > Andrew Green --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
