answer.js

Better in-page search, created by Ryhan Hassan.

Usage

Include the following libraries

<script src="lib/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="lib/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="lib/natural.js"></script>
<script src="lib/jspos/lexer.js"></script>
<script src="lib/jspos/lexicon.js_"></script>
<script src="lib/jspos/POSTagger.js"></script>
<script src="answer.js"></script>

Preprocess the article

Create a new answer object, and run read() on any text.

reader = new answer();
reader.read($('article').text());

Query with questions

Running match( text ) will return an array of sentences in descending rank with their rank.

var answers = reader.match("What is the longevity of a soap bubble limited by?");

// Log the top answer, formatted as [score, text]
console.log(answers[0]);

Demos

• demo.html logs the top answer to the console
• search.html is a demo with a styled search field.