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NAME

App::wordstat - Return word statistics of a text

VERSION

This document describes version 0.002 of App::wordstat (from Perl distribution App-wordstat), released on 2020-10-10.

DESCRIPTION

See included script wordstat.

FUNCTIONS

wordstat

Usage:

 wordstat(%args) -> [status, msg, payload, meta]

Return word statistics of a text.

Examples:

  • Example #1:

     wordstat(text => "An optimistic person sees good things everywhere, is generally confident and\nhopeful of what the future holds. From the optimist's point-of-view the world is\nfull of potential opportunities. The pessimist, on the other hand, observes\nmainly the negative aspects of everything around.\n\n");

    Result:

     [
       200,
       "OK (envelope generated)",
       {
         avg_line_len                  => 56,
         avg_line_with_words_len       => 70,
         avg_nonempty_line_len         => 70,
         avg_word_len                  => 5.17777777777778,
         avg_words_per_line            => 9,
         avg_words_per_line_with_words => 11.25,
         avg_words_per_nonempty_line   => 11.25,
         longest_word_len              => 13,
         num_chars                     => 285,
         num_lines                     => 5,
         num_lines_with_words          => 4,
         num_nonempty_lines            => 4,
         num_unique_words              => 36,
         num_words                     => 45,
         shortest_word_len             => 1,
       },
     ]
  • Supply text from file or stdin:

     wordstat( text => "file.txt");

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

  • text* => str

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element (status) is an integer containing HTTP status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element (msg) is a string containing error message, or 'OK' if status is 200. Third element (payload) is optional, the actual result. Fourth element (meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/App-wordstat.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-wordstat.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-wordstat

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.