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Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:28:54 +1000
Subject: Re: Keeping python code and database in sync
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On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
> Yes, "words" are skipped if they contain anything other than lower
> case alphabetic characters. Really simple words = text.split(), then
> discard words not meeting the criteria.

Easy way to catch a few more: Just .strip() off a few common items of
punctuation (quotes (all types), full stop, comma, brackets (all
types), etc). If there are any inside the word, discard the word, but
those at one end or other aren't a problem.

ChrisA