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Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match

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SteveYoungTbird wrote:

> On 06/28/2014 11:53 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>  [5] /…(?= [A-Z])/g (zero-length positive lookahead) does not appear to
>>      make sense when you want to match/filter words.  Why would you only
>>      match words that precede a word starting with a capital letter?
>>      What about multiple spaces, tabs, and newlines?
> 
> I am trying to identify German adjectives in a text. I thought that if I
> made an array of all the words that appeared before a noun (always
> capitalized in German) and then removed definite and indefinite
> articles, personal pronouns and other common words such as "von" etc I
> could then check the remaining words against an array of German
> adjectives. I would be grateful if someone could show me a better way.

Neither are all words adjectives that precede a capitalized word (e.g 
„Morgen geht es /ums/ Ganze.“ [approx. “It’ll be do or die tomorrow.”]); 
nor, because of variable word order, do all adjectives precede a noun in 
German (e.g. „Das Spiel heute war /spannend/.“ vs. “Heute war ein spannendes 
Spiel.” [“Today’s match was exciting.”/“It/there was an exciting match 
today.”]).

It is also insufficient to match only lowercase words because, although 
adjectives are usually written lowercase in German, too, proper names can 
contain capitalized adjectives (e.g. „Der /Fliegende/ Holländer“ [“The 
Flying Dutchman”], „Der /Elektrische/ Reporter“ [approx.: “The Electric 
Reporter”]), and nominalizations are common in German (often poetic or in an 
[recently, often misguided] attempt to avoid [seemingly] gender-specific 
forms, e.g. „der /Schlafende/“ [“the sleeper”], „die Studierenden“ [“the 
(university) students”]).

Syntax analysis is far more complex that you think, particularly that of 
German.  You appear to have an XY problem.

>> Please post using your real name.
> 
> Please don't think I'm being rude, but is your real name Thomas
> 'PointedEars' Lahn?

My real name is Thomas Lahn.  It is customary, at least on the Net, to 
insert the nickname in the real name like I do.

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Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match SteveYoungTbird <stephen.young@chello.at> - 2014-06-27 09:17 +0200
  Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 10:02 +0000
    Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match SteveYoungTbird <stephen.young@chello.at> - 2014-06-27 20:00 +0200
      Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-27 19:13 +0000
        Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match SteveYoungTbird <stephen.young@chello.at> - 2014-06-27 22:18 +0200
          Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match SteveYoungTbird <stephen.young@chello.at> - 2014-06-27 23:24 +0200
            Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-28 01:07 +0000
              Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-06-28 01:16 +0000
            Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-28 23:53 +0200
              Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match SteveYoungTbird <stephen.young@chello.at> - 2014-06-29 22:24 +0200
                Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-06-29 23:19 +0200
  Re: Cannot manipulate array produced with string.match JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2014-06-27 19:31 +0700

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