English Stop Words

A list of English stop words.

Usage

var stopwords = require( '@stdlib/datasets/stopwords-en' );

stopwords()

Returns a list of 301 english stop words.

var list = stopwords();
/* returns
    [
        'a',
        'about',
        'above',
        'across',
        'actually',
        ...
    ]
*/

Examples

var floor = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/floor' );
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' );
var stopwords = require( '@stdlib/datasets/stopwords-en' );

var list = stopwords();
var len = list.length;
var idx;
var i;

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

CLI

Usage

Usage: stopwords-en [options]

Options:

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

Examples

$ stopwords-en
a
about
above
across
actually
...

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.

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