Dictionary is a project written in C and Python that uses a text file as a knowledge base, performs functions such as meaning/autocompletion of a word, spell-checking a word/file.
- GCC-11
- CMake (>=3.17)
Change the directory to the root directory of the project Dictionary, then follow the steps are given below to build the project for the first time.
mkdir <directory_name>
cd <directory_name>
cmake ..
Then to build each time, use make in the directory created in the previous step. Refer this demo, if needed.
- HASH: Hash Table
- TRIE: Trie
- TERN: Ternary Search Tree
./Dictionary -h will provide you a help page as shown below to use various features.
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| HELP |
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<0> HELP = Usage: ./Dictionary [-h/--help]
<1> MEANINGS = Usage: ./Dictionary
<2> GUESS = Usage: ./Dictionary -g [--TRIE/--TERN] <word>
<3> SPELL-CHECK = Usage: ./Dictionary -s [--HASH/--TRIE/--TERN] [<word>/<file>]
<4> COMPARE = Usage: ./Dictionary -c [<word>/<file>]
MEANING
Exhibits the basic functionality of providing the meaning of a word.
meaning.py is handling the API call part. The free external API used here is:
GUESS
Suggest words according to the longest valid prefix in the input argument. Uses option TRIE or TERN to select and use the respective data structure to perform this feature.
SPELL-CHECK
Takes option --HASH or --TRIE or --TERN to select and use the respective data structure. Then displays various parameters regarding time and memory required.
| Word | File |
|---|---|
| Checks validity/spelling of that word. | Checks the spelling of all the words and list down all the misspelled words in misspelled.txt |
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COMPARE
Compares and helps to visualize time and memory required while performing spell-checking process by all three data structures. Gives a complete analysis and statistics in terminal and visualization with graphs using gnuplot
pipeline.
Asst. Prof. Shrida Kalamkar