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Get to text descriptions and check similarities

 
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Hi all,

I would like to get two texts(for example the descriptions of two countries), and check if they belong to the same continent. Two texts from Africa will contain references to Lions so the code can determine that both countries are similar and that maybe they belong to the same continent

Is there any specific aproach or API for implement that?

And also for example if I want to list the events which are scheduled for today. Is there any free feed from which I could get the data?

Regards, Isaac
 
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Sounds like something for the grep tool.

Linux in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, and Arnold Robbins, page 182, wrote:grep
grep [options] pattern [files]
Search one or more files for lines that match a regular expression pattern. Regular expressions are described in Chapter 7. Exit status is 0 if any lines match, 1 if none match, and 2 for errors. See also egrep and fgrep

Of course, that probably won't work on a Windows® box.

Start by writing down an algorithm you intend to follow. Make it simple. Very simple.
 
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Isaac Ferguson wrote:I would like to get two texts ...


Can you define what texts are?
 
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text one:


I mean descriptions then check both and get how similar they are, in order to know if both topics, for example desk computers and laptops
 
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For example this code tell you if two texts are exactly equal



But I want to check the percentage of similarities. Any idea, please?
 
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Don't mess around with Exceptions.You cannot work out percentage similarities until you have an algorithm. What algorithm do you plan to use? Have you searched for such an algorithm?
 
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That loop will not work. I shall let you work out what will happen. After which you will (I hope) never go anywhere near a read() method again.
 
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When I try to run it, it shows compilation errors:




It says that abstract classes should be implemented, but I dont want that I just want it simple at the moment.

Any idea for change that code and make it works in the simplest way possible?
 
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Don't use input streams for text files. Use file readers or Scanners.
But you will not manage to find similarities unless you have found an algorithm.

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Your technique will show 100% difference between those two pieces of text because one of them begins with a space.
 
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I am trying the next code:

The result shows that 2 words from the first text are contained in the second text. It makes a percentage of 66 % and it is rigth.The algorithm I made is too simple, I would like to find a more human understandable answer for example, in this case 2 of 3 words are equal but 66% sounds like they are plenty of differences when in reality they are nearly equal, of course if the texts would have 200 words each maybe it would make more sense.

Any idea of how to do it more "realistic"?
 
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