import re
from py_stringmatching import utils
from py_stringmatching.tokenizer.definition_tokenizer import DefinitionTokenizer
[docs]class AlphanumericTokenizer(DefinitionTokenizer):
"""Returns tokens that are maximal sequences of consecutive alphanumeric characters.
Args:
return_set (boolean): A flag to indicate whether to return a set of
tokens instead of a bag of tokens (defaults to False).
Attributes:
return_set (boolean): An attribute to store the value of the flag return_set.
"""
def __init__(self, return_set=False):
self.__alnum_regex = re.compile('[a-zA-Z0-9]+')
super(AlphanumericTokenizer, self).__init__(return_set)
[docs] def tokenize(self, input_string):
"""Tokenizes input string into alphanumeric tokens.
Args:
input_string (str): The string to be tokenized.
Returns:
A Python list, which represents a set of tokens if the flag return_set is true, and a bag of tokens otherwise.
Raises:
TypeError : If the input is not a string.
Examples:
>>> alnum_tok = AlphanumericTokenizer()
>>> alnum_tok.tokenize('data9,(science), data9#.(integration).88')
['data9', 'science', 'data9', 'integration', '88']
>>> alnum_tok.tokenize('#.&')
[]
>>> alnum_tok = AlphanumericTokenizer(return_set=True)
>>> alnum_tok.tokenize('data9,(science), data9#.(integration).88')
['data9', 'science', 'integration', '88']
"""
utils.tok_check_for_none(input_string)
utils.tok_check_for_string_input(input_string)
token_list = list(filter(None,
self.__alnum_regex.findall(input_string)))
if self.return_set:
return utils.convert_bag_to_set(token_list)
return token_list