Common Phrase

[rivet]

This maybe impossible, but we have a list of comment in a petition and would like to find common phrases among them. Does anyone have any ideas.

[mr_vodka]

What would constitute what is considered a common phrase verses what is not? How many words etc?

"quick brown" or "quick brown fox"?

[rivet]

that just the thing, I guess there would have to be 3 word combinations, 4 word combinations. I think it is too big to handle, but I thought I would put it out there.

Edited April 9, 2008 by Guest

[Lee Smith]

What are you wanting to do with information as an end result. Perhaps there would be a better way, such as using Keywords, a Conditional Value List, or a Relationship.

Lee

[rivet]

In the end, we are trying to find common thoughts, from a list of comments from an online petition.

I think I know what you are suggesting. Maybe I could:

-break all comments down to single words

-find the count on keys words.

-then build something that will extract phrases around a selected key word.

here i go.