Package nltk :: Package wordnet :: Module util :: Class IndexFile

Class IndexFile

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        IndexFile

An IndexFile is an implementation class that presents a Sequence and Dictionary interface to a sorted index file.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, pos, filenameroot)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

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rewind(self)
Rewind to the beginning of the file.

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__nonzero__(self)

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__len__(self)

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__getitem__(self, index)

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get(self, key, default=None)

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keys(self)
Returns: a list of the keys of this index file.

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has_key(self, key)
Returns: True/false if this key is a valid index into the file.

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_buildIndexCacheFile(self)

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __str__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self, pos, filenameroot)
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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature

Parameters:

pos ({string}) - The part of speech of this index file e.g. 'noun'
filenameroot ({string}) - The base filename of the index file.

Overrides: object.__init__

rewind(self)

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Rewind to the beginning of the file. Place the file pointer at the beginning of the first line whose first character is not whitespace.

get(self, key, default=None)

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Parameters:

key ({string}) - first word of a line from an index file.
default - Return this if no entry exists for 'key'.

keys(self)

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Returns:: a list of the keys of this index file.

has_key(self, key)

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Parameters:

key ({string}) - the first word of a line in this index file.

Returns:

True/false if this key is a valid index into the file.

Class IndexFile

__init__(self, pos, filenameroot) (Constructor)

rewind(self)

get(self, key, default=None)

keys(self)

has_key(self, key)

init(self, pos, filenameroot)
(Constructor)