@stdlib/nlp-tokenize NPM

tokenize

Tokenize a string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/nlp-tokenize

Usage

var tokenize = require( '@stdlib/nlp-tokenize' );

tokenize( str[, keepWhitespace] )

Tokenizes a string.

var str = 'Hello Mrs. Maple, could you call me back?';
var out = tokenize( str );
// returns  [ 'Hello', 'Mrs.', 'Maple', ',', 'could', 'you', 'call', 'me', 'back', '?' ]

To include whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, line breaks) in the output array, set keepWhitespace to true.

var str = 'Hello World!\n';
var out = tokenize( str, true );
// returns  [ 'Hello', ' ', 'World', '!', '\n' ]

Examples

var tokenize = require( '@stdlib/nlp-tokenize' );

console.log( tokenize( 'Hello World!' ) );
// => [ 'Hello', 'World', '!' ]

console.log( tokenize( '' ) );
// => []

var str = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod.';
console.log( tokenize( str ) );
/* =>
    [
        'Lorem',
        'ipsum',
        'dolor',
        'sit',
        'amet',
        ',',
        'consetetur',
        'sadipscing',
        'elitr',
        ',',
        'sed',
        'diam',
        'nonumy',
        'eirmod',
        '.'
    ]
*/

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.