.. index:: single: stemmer_protocol .. _stemmer_protocol/0:

.. rst-class:: right

protocol

stemmer_protocol

Stemmer protocol for reducing words to their stems.

| Availability: | logtalk_load(stemming(loader))

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

| Compilation flags: | static

| Dependencies: | (none)

| Remarks: | (none)

| Inherited public predicates: | (none)

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Public predicates

.. index:: stem/2 .. _stemmer_protocol/0::stem/2:

stem/2 ^^^^^^^^^^

Stems a single word, returning its root form.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | stem(Word,Stem) | Mode and number of proofs: | stem(+text,-text) - one

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.. index:: stems/2 .. _stemmer_protocol/0::stems/2:

stems/2 ^^^^^^^^^^^

Stems a list of words, returning a list of their root forms.

| Compilation flags: | static

| Template: | stems(Words,Stems) | Mode and number of proofs: | stems(+list(text),-list(text)) - one

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Protected predicates

(none)

Private predicates

(none)

Operators

(none)

.. seealso::

:ref:`porter_stemmer(Representation) <porter_stemmer/1>`, :ref:`lovins_stemmer(Representation) <lovins_stemmer/1>`