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### -- Lingua::EN::Stem::Porter
### -- Licenses: MIT
### -- Authors: John Spurr
### -- File: README.md
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NAME
====

Lingua::EN::Stem::Porter - Implementation of the Porter stemming algorithm

SYNOPSIS
========

```raku
use Lingua::EN::Stem::Porter;

say porter("establishment");  # establish
```

DESCRIPTION
===========

Lingua::EN::Stem::Porter implements the Porter stemming algorithm by exporting a single subroutine `porter` which takes an English word and returns the stem given by the Porter algorithm.

AUTHOR
======

John Spurr

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=====================

Copyright 2016 John Spurr

Copyright 2017 - 2022 Raku Community

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the MIT License 2.0.



