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SummaryMBS.Constructor(text as string)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Creates a summary object based on a text string.
Example 
dim s as new SummaryMBS("Hello World. This is just a test.")

MsgBox s.SentenceSummaryString(1)

text: The text string that you want to summarize.
On success the handle property is not zero.

The constructor creates a summarization object that pre-analyzes a text string to support fast summarization.
Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

SummaryMBS.ParagraphAtIndex(index as Integer) as string

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Gets a specified paragraph from the text in a summarization object.
Example 
dim s as new SummaryMBS("Hello World. This is just a test.")
MsgBox s.ParagraphAtIndex(0)

index: The ordinal number of the paragraph in the original text, with the first paragraph designated by zero (this function uses zero-based indexing).

Return a string containing the specified paragraph, or "" on failure.

Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.ParagraphIndexOfParagraphs as Integer()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns the array containing the ordinal number for each paragraph in the original text.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.ParagraphIndexOfSentences as Integer()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns an array of indexes to map a sentence index to it's paragraph index.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.ParagraphSummaryString(numParagraphs as Integer) as string

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Gets a text string consisting of a summary with, at most, the requested number of paragraphs.

numParagraphs: The maximum number of paragraphs you want in the summary.
Returns a string containing the requested summary.
Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

SummaryMBS.RankOrderOfParagraphs as Integer()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns an array with the summarization relevance rank of each paragraph in the original text.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.RankOrderOfSentences as Integer()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns an array with the summarization relevance rank of each sentence in the original text.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.SentenceAtIndex(index as Integer) as string

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Gets a specified sentence from the text in a summarization object.
Example 
dim s as new SummaryMBS("Hello World. This is just a test.")
MsgBox s.SentenceAtIndex(0)

index: The ordinal number of the sentence in the original text, with the first sentence designated by zero (this function uses zero-based indexing).
Returns a string containing the specified sentence, or NULL on failure.
Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.SentenceIndexOfSentences as Integer()

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Returns an array of the ordinal number for each sentence in the original text.

Some examples using this method:

SummaryMBS.SentenceSummaryString(numSentences as Integer) as string

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Mac MBS MacFrameworks Plugin 10.3 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes All
Gets a text string consisting of a summary with, at most, the requested number of sentences.
Example 
dim s as new SummaryMBS("Hello World. This is just a test.")

MsgBox s.SentenceSummaryString(1)

numSentences: The maximum number of sentences you want in the summary.
Returns a string containing the requested summary.
Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.

Some examples using this method:

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