LanguageDetector

Description

Detects the language of a text

Details

Source

GitHub

Dialect

pharo (40% confidence)

License

MIT

Created

April 1, 2022

Updated

June 20, 2023

Topics

pharo

README excerpt

# LanguageDetector

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Detects the language of a text

## How to install it

To install `LanguageDetector`, go to the Playground (Ctrl+OW) in your [Pharo](https://pharo.org/) image and execute the following Metacello script (select it and press Do-it button or Ctrl+D):

```Smalltalk
Metacello new
  baseline: 'LanguageDetector';
  repository: 'github://olekscode/LanguageDetector/src';
  load.
```

## How to depend on it

If you want to add a dependency on `LanguageDetector` to your project, include the following lines into your baseline method:

```Smalltalk
spec
  baseline: 'LanguageDetector'
  with: [ spec repository: 'github://olekscode/LanguageDetector/src' ].
```

## How to use it

```Smalltalk
detector := LanguageDetector new.

detector languageProbabilitiesFor: 'Hello world!'.
"an OrderedDictionary(
    'english'->0.9486880624525642
    'spanish'->0.01951642632549062
    'german'->0.017971375908055948
    'french'->0.01382413531388919
    'other'->0.0)"

detector languageOf: 'Hello world!'. "'english'"
detector languageOf: 'Bonjour, ça va ?'. "'french'"
detector languageOf: 'Ich heiße Hans'. "'german'"
detector languageOf: 'Yo como los platanos'. "'spanish'"
```