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Language.GenerateTerms(String, Int32) Method

Definition

Generate regular expressions to match word sequences in original string.

public static string[] GenerateTerms (string phrase, int maxLength);
static member GenerateTerms : string * int -> string[]
Public Shared Function GenerateTerms (phrase As String, maxLength As Integer) As String()

Parameters

phrase
String

Original string to be processed.

maxLength
Int32

Maximum phrase length to support.

Returns

String[]

Array of regular expressions to match subsequences in input.

Remarks

This function will call CamelCase(String) and then will generate sub-phrases up to maxLength. For example an enumeration of AngusBeefAndGarlicPizza would generate: 'angus?', 'beefs?', 'garlics?', 'pizzas?', 'angus? beefs?', 'garlics? pizzas?' and 'angus beef and garlic pizza'. You can call it directly, or it is used when FieldReflector<T> generates terms or when TermsAttribute is used with a MaxPhrase argument.

Applies to