this.stemWord = function()

in doc/1.5.3/gug/_static/language_data.js [67:197]

• 111 lines of code
• 29 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

  this.stemWord = function (w) {
    var stem;
    var suffix;
    var firstch;
    var origword = w;

    if (w.length < 3)
      return w;

    var re;
    var re2;
    var re3;
    var re4;

    firstch = w.substr(0,1);
    if (firstch == "y")
      w = firstch.toUpperCase() + w.substr(1);

    // Step 1a
    re = /^(.+?)(ss|i)es$/;
    re2 = /^(.+?)([^s])s$/;

    if (re.test(w))
      w = w.replace(re,"$1$2");
    else if (re2.test(w))
      w = w.replace(re2,"$1$2");

    // Step 1b
    re = /^(.+?)eed$/;
    re2 = /^(.+?)(ed|ing)$/;
    if (re.test(w)) {
      var fp = re.exec(w);
      re = new RegExp(mgr0);
      if (re.test(fp[1])) {
        re = /.$/;
        w = w.replace(re,"");
      }
    }
    else if (re2.test(w)) {
      var fp = re2.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1];
      re2 = new RegExp(s_v);
      if (re2.test(stem)) {
        w = stem;
        re2 = /(at|bl|iz)$/;
        re3 = new RegExp("([^aeiouylsz])\\1$");
        re4 = new RegExp("^" + C + v + "[^aeiouwxy]$");
        if (re2.test(w))
          w = w + "e";
        else if (re3.test(w)) {
          re = /.$/;
          w = w.replace(re,"");
        }
        else if (re4.test(w))
          w = w + "e";
      }
    }

    // Step 1c
    re = /^(.+?)y$/;
    if (re.test(w)) {
      var fp = re.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1];
      re = new RegExp(s_v);
      if (re.test(stem))
        w = stem + "i";
    }

    // Step 2
    re = /^(.+?)(ational|tional|enci|anci|izer|bli|alli|entli|eli|ousli|ization|ation|ator|alism|iveness|fulness|ousness|aliti|iviti|biliti|logi)$/;
    if (re.test(w)) {
      var fp = re.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1];
      suffix = fp[2];
      re = new RegExp(mgr0);
      if (re.test(stem))
        w = stem + step2list[suffix];
    }

    // Step 3
    re = /^(.+?)(icate|ative|alize|iciti|ical|ful|ness)$/;
    if (re.test(w)) {
      var fp = re.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1];
      suffix = fp[2];
      re = new RegExp(mgr0);
      if (re.test(stem))
        w = stem + step3list[suffix];
    }

    // Step 4
    re = /^(.+?)(al|ance|ence|er|ic|able|ible|ant|ement|ment|ent|ou|ism|ate|iti|ous|ive|ize)$/;
    re2 = /^(.+?)(s|t)(ion)$/;
    if (re.test(w)) {
      var fp = re.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1];
      re = new RegExp(mgr1);
      if (re.test(stem))
        w = stem;
    }
    else if (re2.test(w)) {
      var fp = re2.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1] + fp[2];
      re2 = new RegExp(mgr1);
      if (re2.test(stem))
        w = stem;
    }

    // Step 5
    re = /^(.+?)e$/;
    if (re.test(w)) {
      var fp = re.exec(w);
      stem = fp[1];
      re = new RegExp(mgr1);
      re2 = new RegExp(meq1);
      re3 = new RegExp("^" + C + v + "[^aeiouwxy]$");
      if (re.test(stem) || (re2.test(stem) && !(re3.test(stem))))
        w = stem;
    }
    re = /ll$/;
    re2 = new RegExp(mgr1);
    if (re.test(w) && re2.test(w)) {
      re = /.$/;
      w = w.replace(re,"");
    }

    // and turn initial Y back to y
    if (firstch == "y")
      w = firstch.toLowerCase() + w.substr(1);
    return w;
  }