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Python Fast Track

This is the shortest path from an empty Python environment to a working Radixor stemmer. The installation includes the native runtime and the separate standard-model package with 20 precompiled language models.

1. Install

python -m pip install --only-binary=:all: radixor

python -m pip install --only-binary=:all: \
  --index-url https://leogalambos.github.io/Radixor/python/simple/ radixor

PyPI publication is pending, and the GitHub index becomes live with the first Python releases. Until then, follow the source-checkout procedure on Installation and Builds.

Radixor supports CPython 3.9 and newer. A JVM, Java dependency, and source dictionary are not required.

2. Stem words

from radixor import Stemmer

stemmer = Stemmer("en")

print(stemmer.stem("running"))
print(stemmer.stem_batch(["running", "studies", "cars"]))

Expected first output:

run

stem() and stem_batch() preserve Radixor's original API: a word for which the trie finds no patch command produces None.

3. Use PyStemmer-compatible fallback semantics

For a low-friction migration from PyStemmer, use the compatible method names:

stemmer.stemWord("running")
stemmer.stemWords(["running", "unknown_word"])

These methods return the original input whenever no patch command is found, so their results are always strings rather than None.

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