IteratedLovinsStemmer

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## weka.core.stemmers
Class IteratedLovinsStemmer

    java.lang.Object
      weka.core.stemmers.LovinsStemmer
          weka.core.stemmers.IteratedLovinsStemmer

All Implemented Interfaces:
  java.io.Serializable, RevisionHandler, Stemmer, TechnicalInformationHandler

    public class IteratedLovinsStemmer

extends LovinsStemmer

An iterated version of the Lovins stemmer. It stems the word (in case it's longer than 2 characters) until it no further changes.
For more information about the Lovins stemmer see:
Julie Beth Lovins (1968). Development of a stemming algorithm. Mechanical Translation and Computational Linguistics. 11:22-31.

BibTeX:

     @article{Lovins1968,
        author = {Julie Beth Lovins},
        journal = {Mechanical Translation and Computational Linguistics},
        pages = {22-31},
        title = {Development of a stemming algorithm},
        volume = {11},
        year = {1968}
     }

Version:
  $Revision: 1.7 $
Author:
  Eibe Frank (eibe at cs dot waikato dot ac dot nz)
See Also:
  `LovinsStemmer`, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary
`IteratedLovinsStemmer()`

Method Summary
`java.lang.String` | `getRevision()` Returns the revision string.
`java.lang.String` | `globalInfo()` Returns a string describing the stemmer
`static void` | `main(java.lang.String[] args)` Runs the stemmer with the given options
`java.lang.String` | `stem(java.lang.String str)` Iterated stemming of the given word.

Methods inherited from class weka.core.stemmers.LovinsStemmer
`getTechnicalInformation, stemString, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### IteratedLovinsStemmer

    public IteratedLovinsStemmer()

Method Detail

### globalInfo

    public java.lang.String globalInfo()

  Returns a string describing the stemmer

  Overrides:
    `globalInfo` in class `LovinsStemmer`
  Returns:
    a description suitable for displaying in the explorer/experimenter gui

### stem

    public java.lang.String stem(java.lang.String str)

  Iterated stemming of the given word. Word is converted to lower case.

  Specified by:
    `stem` in interface `Stemmer`
  Overrides:
    `stem` in class `LovinsStemmer`
  Parameters:
    `str` - the word to stem
  Returns:
    the stemmed word

### getRevision

    public java.lang.String getRevision()

  Returns the revision string.

  Specified by:
    `getRevision` in interface `RevisionHandler`
  Overrides:
    `getRevision` in class `LovinsStemmer`
  Returns:
    the revision

### main

    public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

  Runs the stemmer with the given options

  Parameters:
    `args` - the options

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