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SYNOPSIS ```raku use Lingua::EN::Sentence; add_acronyms('lt','gen'); ## adding support for 'Lt. Gen.'
$text = Q[First sentence with some abbreviations, Mr. J. Smith, 2 Jones St. SomeTown Ariz. U.S.A. is an address. Sentence 2: Sequences like ellipsis ... are handled. Sentence 3, numbered sections such as point 1. are ok.]; my @sentences = $text.sentences; for @sentences -> $sub-element { say $sub-element; }
Output is: First sentence with some abbreviations, Mr. J. Smith, 2 Jones St. SomeTown Ariz. U.S.A. is an address. Sentence 2: Sequences like ellipsis ... are handled. Sentence 3, numbered sections such as point 1. are ok. ] ```
DESCRIPTION
The Lingua::EN::Sentence module contains the method sentences, which splits text into its constituent sentences, based on regular expressions, a list of abbreviations (built in and given) and other rules.
Certain well know exceptions, such as abbreviations like Mr., Calif. and Ave. will cause incorrect segmentations. But many of these are already integrated into this code and are being taken care of. Note that abbreviations are case sensitive.
The add_acronyms method alows you to add custom abbreviations.