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`porter_stemmer(Representation)`

Representation - Word representation. Valid values are atom, codes, and chars.

Porter stemmer algorithm implementation for English words.

Availability:

logtalk_load(stemming(loader))

Author: Paulo Moura
Version: 1:0:0
Date: 2026-02-05

Compilation flags:

static, context_switching_calls

Implements:

public stemmer_protocol

Uses:

integer

list

Remarks:

Algorithm: The Porter stemming algorithm (Porter, 1980) is a widely used algorithm for reducing English words to their root form by applying a series of rules that remove common suffixes.

Reference: Porter, M.F. (1980). An algorithm for suffix stripping. Program, 14(3), 130-137.

Inherited public predicates:

stem/2 stems/2