PorterStemmer2 (Swift)

A Swift wrapper over the Porter Stemmer 2 stemming algorithm, using the official C-ANSI libstemmer library. This offers stemming with every language supported by the libstemmer library and its algorithms.

For more info regarding Porter Stemmer, visit :

• http://snowball.tartarus.org/algorithms/english/stemmer.html
• http://snowball.tartarus.org/index.html

📦 Installation

This project is compatible with Swift 4.2, iOS/macOS.

Using the Swift-Package-Manager:

Add this repo as a dependency in your Package.swift file.

Example:

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "MyApp",
    dependencies: [
	.package(url: "https://github.com/scaraux/Swift-Porter-Stemmer-2.git", from: "0.1.1"),
    ],
    targets: [
       .target(
            name: "MyApp",
            dependencies: ["PorterStemmer2"]),
    ]
)

Using CocoaPods

Add the following line to your Podfile, and run pod install.

 'PorterStemmer2'

😏 Usage

if  let stemmer = PorterStemmer(withLanguage: .English) {
   let stem:  String  = stemmer.stem("engineering")
}

😍 Credits

The libstemmer library, Snowball, Porter Stemmer and Porter Stemmer 2 are open-source libraries that have been developed by Martin Porter. For more information visit http://snowball.tartarus.org. This project is only a wrapper that makes compiling and using the Stemmer algorithm with a Swift environment.

🚔 License

Swift-Porter-Stemmer-2 is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.