R: Count the Scrabble letter values of text

nscrabble {quanteda.textstats} | R Documentation

## Count the Scrabble letter values of text

### Description

Tally the Scrabble letter values of text given a user-supplied function, such as the sum (default) or mean of the character values.

### Usage

    nscrabble(x, FUN = sum)

### Arguments

`x` | a character vector
`FUN` | function to be applied to the character values in the text; default is `sum`, but could also be `mean` or a user-supplied function. Missing values are automatically removed.

### Value

a (named) integer vector of Scrabble letter values, computed using `FUN`, corresponding to the input text(s)

### Note

Character values are only defined for non-accented Latin a-z, A-Z letters. Lower-casing is unnecessary.

We would be happy to add more languages to this extremely useful function if you send us the values for your language!

### Author(s)

Kenneth Benoit

### Examples

    nscrabble(c("muzjiks", "excellency"))
    nscrabble(quanteda::data_corpus_inaugural[1:5], mean)

[Package quanteda.textstats version 0.94.1 Index]