TAPoR Text Analysis

Find Text — Fixed Phrase

Summary

This tool locates fixed phrases with a specific word in them and displays the located phrase in several different ways. (Fixed Phrase Tool is contributed by Academic Computing Services, New York University)

Walkthrough

Example: fetch HTML from http://www.w3.org/; extract sentences containing the word `web'.

Source text
1. Enter `http://www.w3.org/' in the URL field.
What to find
1. Enter `web' in the Word field;
2. enter `10' in the Context length field.
Results
1. Different tools have a variety of options for displaying results. Select options which best apply to your needs.

	URL:
	Example: http://www.w3.org/

Local file:

Summary

Determines the text source. Text can be obtained from a URL or by uploading a file.

Fields

Source URL
Text from the entered URL will be used as the data source for the analysis.

Local file
Use this field to upload a local file for analysis.

Word:

Context length:

Summary

Filters results to display only fixed phrases containing at least one instance of a given word.

Fields

Word
Enter a word you want to locate in this field (not a pattern or regular expression). The list of fixed phrases will be built around instances of this word.

Context length
Context length in words in both sides of the selected word. The phrase length will be determined by this value. For example, in the phrase `she sells sea shells by the sea shore,' a search around the word `shells' with a context width of three might find the phrase `she sells sea shells by the sea,' while a context width of one would find the phrase `sea shells by' instead.

Display as:

Open results in new window

Summary

Allows the user to choose how the results will be formatted and whether they should be displayed in a new browser window.

Fields

Display as
Determines the format in which results will be delivered

Open results in new window
Checking this box will display the results in a new window. This option is selected by default. In some cases pop-up blockers may disallow windows from being created, in which case this option may be de-selected.