Procedures

Functions

getRelatedWords() { lib/thesaurus.i }

getRelatedWords(myWord)

Retrieves a comma-separated list of alternate forms of the word. (across all parts of speech) for the word provided.

Returned Value

Character - A string consisting of a comma-separated list of alternate forms of the word. For instance "Go" might return "going,gone,went,goes"

Parameters

myWord - The word for which related word forms are requested (Character)

See Also:

getRelatedWords() Function
getRootWords() Function


getSynonyms() { lib/thesaurus.i }

getSynonyms(myWord)

Retrieves a comma-separated list of synonyms of the word. (across all parts of speech) for the word provided.

Returned Value

Character - A string consisting of comma-separated synonyms

Parameters

myWord - The word for which synonyms are requested (Character)

See Also:

getRelatedWords() Function
getRootWords() Function


getRootWords() { lib/thesaurus.i }

getRootWords(myWord)

Retrieves a comma-separated list of possible root words for the word form provided. For instance the root word for "going" would be "go". The root word for "halted" would be "halt", "appendices" is "appendix", "friendlier" is "friendly", and so on.

Returned Value

Character - A string consisting of comma-separated synonyms

Parameters

myWord - The word for which synonyms are requested (Character)

See Also:

getRelatedWords() Function
getRootWords() Function