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NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.availableTagSchemesForLanguage(Language as String) as String()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns the tag schemes available for a particular language on the current device.

language: A BCP-47 tag identifying the language. For example, "en" for English or "zh-Hans" for Chinese written using the Simplified Chinese script.

Returns the available tag schemes. For possible values, see NSLinguisticTagScheme.

This is a convenience method for calling the availableTagSchemesForUnit, passing NSLinguisticTaggerUnitWord as the linguistic unit.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.availableTagSchemesForUnit(unit as Integer, Language as String) as String()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns the tag schemes available for a particular unit and language on the current device.

unit: The linguistic unit. For possible values, see NSLinguisticTaggerUnit.
language: A BCP-47 tag identifying the language. For example, "en" for English or "zh-Hans" for Chinese written using the Simplified Chinese script.

Returns the supported tag schemes. For possible values, see NSLinguisticTagScheme.

Available in macOS 10.13 and newer.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.dominantLanguageForString(text as String) as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns the dominant language for the specified string.

string: The string for which the dominant language is determined.

Returns the BCP-47 tag identifying the dominant language of the string, or the tag "und" if a specific language cannot be determined.

This is a convenience method for creating a new linguistic tagger, setting the string property, and getting the dominantLanguage property. If you analyze the same string more than once, you should create a linguistic tagger object instead of calling this method.

Available in macOS 10.13 and newer.

Lexical Classes

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagAdjective as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is an adjective.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagAdverb as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is an adverb.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagClassifier as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a classifier.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagCloseParenthesis as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a close parenthesis.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagCloseQuote as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a close quote.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagConjunction as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a conjunction.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagDash as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a dash.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagDeterminer as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a determiner.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagIdiom as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is an idiom.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagInterjection as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is an interjection.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagNoun as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

The token is a noun.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagNumber as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a number.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOpenParenthesis as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is an open parenthesis.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOpenQuote as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is an open quote.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOtherPunctuation as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is punctuation other than a kind described by other lexical classes (sentence terminator, open or close quote, open or close parenthesis, word joiner, and dash).

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOtherWhitespace as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is whitespace other than a kind described by other lexical classes (paragraph break).

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOtherWord as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a word other than a kind described by other lexical classes (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, determiner, particle, preposition, number, conjunction, interjection, classifier, and idiom).

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagParagraphBreak as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a paragraph break.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagParticle as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a particle.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagPreposition as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a preposition.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagPronoun as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a pronoun.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSentenceTerminator as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a sentence terminator.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagVerb as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a verb.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagWordJoiner as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the lexical classes.

This token is a word joiner.

Name Types

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOrganizationName as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the Name Types.

This token is an organization name.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagPersonalName as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the Name Types.

This token is a personal name.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagPlaceName as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the Name Types.

This token is a place name.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeLanguage as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Supplies a BCP-47 language identifier for a token.

For example, the language identifier for English is "en" and the identifier for Chinese written using the Simplified Chinese script is "zh-Hans". The identifier "und" is used if a specific language cannot be determined.
The tagger generally attempts to determine the language of text at the level of an entire sentence, paragraph, or document, rather than word by word.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeLemma as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Supplies a stem form of a word token, if known.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeLexicalClass as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Classifies tokens according to class: part of speech for words, type of punctuation, or whitespace.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeNameType as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Classifies tokens according to whether they are part of a named entity.

Some examples using this method:

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeNameTypeOrLexicalClass as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Classifies tokens corresponding to names according to NSLinguisticTagSchemeNameType and tokens all other tokens according to NSLinguisticTagSchemeLexicalClass.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeScript as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Supplies an ISO 15924 script identifier for a token.

For example, the identifier for Latin script is "Latn" and the identifier for Simplified Chinese script is "Hans". The identifier "Zyyy" is used if a specific script cannot be determined.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagSchemeTokenType as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Classifies tokens according to their broad type: word, punctuation, or whitespace.

To classify tokens by a more specific type, for example, distinguishing words between nouns and verbs, use the
NSLinguisticTagSchemeLexicalClass scheme.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.tagForString(text as string, charIndex as Integer, unit as Integer, Scheme as String, orthography as NSOrthographyMBS, byref tokenRange as NSRangeMBS) as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns a tag for a single scheme for a given linguistic unit at the specified character position in a string.

charIndex: The position of the initial character.
unit: The linguistic unit. See NSLinguisticTaggerUnit for possible values.
tagScheme: The tag scheme. See NSLinguisticTagScheme for possible values.
tokenRange: The token range for output.

Returns the tag for the requested tag scheme and linguistic unit, or nil. If a tag is returned, this function returns by reference the range of the token to tokenRange.

This is a convenience method for initializing a linguistic tagger, setting the string property, and calling the tagForString method. If you analyze the same string more than once, you should create a linguistic tagger object instead of calling this method.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.TagsForString(text as string, range as NSRangeMBS, unit as Integer, Scheme as String, options as Integer, orthography as NSOrthographyMBS) as NSLinguisticValueMBS()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns an array of linguistic tags and token ranges.

range: The range from which to return tags.
unit: The linguistic unit. See NSLinguisticTaggerUnit for possible values.
tagScheme: The tag scheme. See NSLinguisticTagScheme for possible values.
options: The linguistic tagger options to use. See NSLinguisticTaggerOptions for possible values.

An array of the values in the requested range (tag and tokenRange set).

When the returned array contains an entry that doesn't have a corresponding tag scheme, that entry is an empty string ("").
This is a convenience method for initializing a linguistic tagger, setting the
string property, and calling the tagsInRange method. If you analyze the same string more than once, you should create a linguistic tagger object instead of calling this method.

Available in macOS 10.13 and newer.

Token Types

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagOther as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the token types.

The token indicates a non-linguistic item, such as a symbol.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagPunctuation as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the token types.

The token indicates punctuation.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagWhitespace as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the token types.

The token indicates white space of any sort.

NSLinguisticTaggerMBS.NSLinguisticTagWord as String

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
shared method Linguistic MBS MacCocoa Plugin 17.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
One of the token types.

The token indicates a word.

The items on this page are in the following plugins: MBS MacCocoa Plugin.


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