predictionary
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JavaScript dictionary-based word prediction library.
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Predictionary
JavaScript dictionary-based word prediction library with self-learning abilities.
Installation
Drop the following into your page:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/predictionary/dist/predictionary.min.js"></script>
or install the package via npm:
npm install predictionary --save
Note: to use inside a nodejs application use the flag --experimental-modules
in order to be able to use Predictionary which is written as ES6 module. See nodejs demo which can be run with:
node --experimental-modules demo/node-demo/app.mjs
Basic usage
Minimum working example for basic usage:
import Predictionary from 'predictionary' //only if installed via npm
let predictionary = Predictionary.instance();
predictionary.addWords(['apple', 'apricot', 'banana']);
let suggestions = predictionary.predict('ap'); // == ['apple', 'apricot'];
Demo
See working demo: to live demo
API Documentation
see full API documentation: to API documentation
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Mark Davies, Professor of Linguistics at Brigham Young University (Utah), for the permission to use his n-gram sample data from https://www.ngrams.info/iweb.asp for training purposes of this library.
Word frequency lists for demos are taken from the Centre for Translation Studies, University of Leeds, see http://corpus.leeds.ac.uk/list.html - thanks!