Dale-Chall

A list of familiar American-English words.

Usage

var words = require( '@stdlib/datasets/dale-chall-new' );

words()

Returns a list of familiar American-English words.

var data = words();
/* returns
    [
        'a',
        'able',
        'aboard',
        'about',
        'above',
        ...
    ]
*/

Examples

var floor = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/floor' );
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' );
var words = require( '@stdlib/datasets/dale-chall-new' );

var data = words();
var len = data.length;
var idx;
var i;

// Select random words from the list...
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    idx = floor( randu()*len );
    console.log( data[ idx ] );
}

CLI

Usage

Usage: dale-chall-new [options]

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.

Examples

$ dale-chall-new
a
able
aboard
about
above
...

References

Chall, Jeanne Sternlicht, and Edgar Dale. 1995. Readability revisited: the new Dale-Chall readability formula. Brookline Books. https://books.google.com/books?id=2nbuAAAAMAAJ.

License

The data files (databases) are licensed under an Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication & License 1.0 and their contents are licensed under Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal. The software is licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0.