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| # Function to calculate the syllables in a word | |
| '''Calculate number of syllables in word. Returns a list of possible values. | |
| Generally, will want the first item in that list.''' | |
| from nltk.corpus import cmudict | |
| d = cmudict.dict() | |
| def nsyl(word): | |
| return [len(list(y for y in x if y[-1].isdigit())) for x in d[word.lower()]] |
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