On 09/02/2012 05:39 AM, Token Type wrote: > I wrote codes to add 'like' at the end of every 3 word in a nltk text as > follows: > >>>> text = nltk.corpus.brown.words(categories = 'news') >>>> def hedge(text): > for i in range(3,len(text),4): > new_text = text.insert(i, 'like') > return new_text[:50] > >>>> hedge(text) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#77>", line 1, in <module> > hedge(text) > File "<pyshell#76>", line 3, in hedge > new_text = text.insert(i, 'like') > AttributeError: 'ConcatenatedCorpusView' object has no attribute 'insert' > > Isn't text in the brown corpus above a list? why doesn't it has attribute > 'insert'? > I tried to find online documentation for nltk, and although I found the mention of a free online book, I didn't see it. So, some generic comments.
The error message is telling you that the object 'text' is not a list, but a "ConcatenatedCorpusView". Perhaps you can look that up in your docs for nltk. But there's quite a bit you can do just with the interpreter. try print type(text) to see the type of text. try dir(text) to see what attributes it has try help(text) to see what docstrings might be built in. Incidentally, if you really think it's a list of words (or that it acts like a list), then 'text' might not be the best name for it. Any reason you didn't just call it words ? -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
