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PyNameMatcher

Help with matching names to nick-names and vice-versa. Based on data by https://github.com/carltonnorthern/nickname-and-diminutive-names-lookup

INSTALL

$ pip install PyNameMatcher

USAGE

from pynamematcher import PyNameMatcher

matcher = PyNameMatcher(data_file=path_to_datafile)
possible_names = matcher.match('Bob')

DOCUMENTATION

__init__() Options

data_file:

Path to a CSV formatted data file of names. Defaults to an internal data file.

use_metaphone:

Match names using the metaphone library to catch misspellings.

match() Options

name:

First argument. The name to match

use_metaphone:

used internally when self.use_metaphone is True

remove_match:

Remove the input name (default True). Used internally to keep names when searching metaphone symbols.

empty_match_returns_none:

If no names match the method will return None instead of the empty set this is to enable the behavior of versions before 0.2. (default False)

AUTHOR

Chris Brown - chris.brown@constituentvoice.com

LICENSE

Licensed under Apache License 2.0. Copyright 2019-2022 Constituent Voice LLC.

See LICENSE for complete terms.

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