使用tm_map(...,tolower)将文本转换为小写时出错

Question

我试过用了tm_map.它给出了以下错误.我怎么能绕过这个？

 require(tm)
 byword<-tm_map(byword, tolower)

Error in UseMethod("tm_map", x) : 
  no applicable method for 'tm_map' applied to an object of class "character"

Answer 1

使用基本R功能tolower():

tolower(c("THE quick BROWN fox"))
# [1] "the quick brown fox"

Answer 2

在这里扩展我的评论到一个更详细的答案:你必须包装tolower内部content_transformer不要搞砸VCorpus对象 - 例如:

> library(tm)
> data('crude')
> crude[[1]]$content
[1] "Diamond Shamrock Corp said that\neffective today it had cut its contract prices for crude oil by\n1.50 dlrs a barrel.\n    The reduction brings its posted price for West Texas\nIntermediate to 16.00 dlrs a barrel, the copany said.\n    \"The price reduction today was made in the light of falling\noil product prices and a weak crude oil market,\" a company\nspokeswoman said.\n    Diamond is the latest in a line of U.S. oil companies that\nhave cut its contract, or posted, prices over the last two days\nciting weak oil markets.\n Reuter"
> tm_map(crude, content_transformer(tolower))[[1]]$content
[1] "diamond shamrock corp said that\neffective today it had cut its contract prices for crude oil by\n1.50 dlrs a barrel.\n    the reduction brings its posted price for west texas\nintermediate to 16.00 dlrs a barrel, the copany said.\n    \"the price reduction today was made in the light of falling\noil product prices and a weak crude oil market,\" a company\nspokeswoman said.\n    diamond is the latest in a line of u.s. oil companies that\nhave cut its contract, or posted, prices over the last two days\nciting weak oil markets.\n reuter"