Importing words from a text list

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the point of it

You might want a word list based on some data you have obtained in the form of a list, but whose original texts you do not have access to.

 

requirements

Your text file can be in any language (select this before you make the list), and can be in Unicode or ASCII.

But it must follow a similar format as a stop list expects, except that following each word there must be a <tab> character and the frequency as a plain number (decimal points will be ignored). Do not use commas as a thousands delimiter as otherwise they'll be interpreted as different words. The words do not need to be in frequency or alphabetical order.

 

Example

 

; My word list for test purposes.

THIS        67543

IT        33218

WILL        2978

BE        5679

COMPLETE        45

AND        99345

UTTER                54

RUBBISH        99

THE        578965

IS        55678

 

You should get results like these.

 

importing text into wordlist results

 

Statistics are calculated in the simplest possible way: the word-lengths (plus mean and standard deviation), and the number of types and tokens. Most procedures need to know the total number of running words (tokens) and the number of different word types so you should manage to use the word-list in KeyWords etc.

 

how to do it

When you choose the New menu option (START) in WordList you get a window offering three tabs: a Main tab for most usual purposes,

 

importing text into wordlist

 

one for Detailed Consistency, and another (Advanced) for creating a word list using a plain text file.

 

Choose your .txt file and press create word list now.