HfstTransducer Class Reference

A synchronous finite-state transducer. More...

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
	Create an empty transducer. More...
def	__init__
	Create a deep copy of HfstTransducer another or a transducer equivalent to HfstBasicTransducer another. More...
def	__init__
	Create an HFST transducer equivalent to HfstBasicTransducer t. More...
def	__str__
	An AT&T representation of the transducer. More...
def	compare
	Whether this transducer and another are equivalent. More...
def	compose
	Compose this transducer with another. More...
def	compose_intersect
	Compose this transducer with the intersection of transducers in v. More...
def	concatenate
	Concatenate this transducer with another. More...
def	conjunct
	Alias for intersect. More...
def	convert
	Convert the transducer into an equivalent transducer in format type. More...
def	copy
	Return a deep copy of the transducer. More...
def	cross_product
	Make cross product of this transducer with another. More...
def	determinize
	Determinize the transducer. More...
def	disjunct
	Disjunct this transducer with another. More...
def	eliminate_flag
	Eliminate flag diacritic symbol from the transducer. More...
def	eliminate_flags
	Eliminate flag diacritics listed in symbols from the transducer. More...
def	extract_longest_paths
	Extract longest paths of the transducer. More...
def	extract_paths
	Extract paths that are recognized by the transducer. More...
def	extract_shortest_paths
	Extract shortest paths of the transducer. More...
def	get_alphabet
	Get the alphabet of the transducer. More...
def	get_name
	Get the name of the transducer. More...
def	get_properties
	Get all properties from the transducer. More...
def	get_property
	Get arbitrary string propert property. More...
def	get_type
	The implementation type of the transducer. More...
def	has_flag_diacritics
	Whether the transducer has flag diacritics in its transitions. More...
def	input_project
	Extract the input language of the transducer. More...
def	insert_freely
	Freely insert a transition or a transducer into the transducer. More...
def	insert_to_alphabet
	Explicitly insert symbol to the alphabet of the transducer. More...
def	intersect
	Intersect this transducer with another. More...
def	invert
	Swap the input and output symbols of each transition in the transducer. More...
def	is_automaton
	Whether each transition in the transducer has equivalent input and output symbols. More...
def	is_cyclic
	Whether the transducer is cyclic. More...
def	is_implementation_type_available
	Whether HFST is linked to the transducer library needed by implementation type type. More...
def	is_infinitely_ambiguous
	Whether the transducer is infinitely ambiguous. More...
def	is_lookup_infinitely_ambiguous
	Whether lookup of path input will have infinite results. More...
def	lenient_composition
	Perform a lenient composition on this transducer and another. More...
def	longest_path_size
	Get length of longest path of the transducer. More...
def	lookup_optimize
	Lookup string input. More...
def	minimize
	Minimize the transducer. More...
def	minus
	Alias for subtract. More...
def	n_best
	Extract n best paths of the transducer. More...
def	number_of_arcs
	The number of transitions in the transducer. More...
def	number_of_states
	The number of states in the transducer. More...
def	optionalize
	Disjunct the transducer with an epsilon transducer. More...
def	output_project
	Extract the output language of the transducer. More...
def	priority_union
	Make priority union of this transducer with another. More...
def	prune
	Make transducer coaccessible. More...
def	push_weights_to_end
	Push weights towards final state(s). More...
def	push_weights_to_start
	Push weights towards initial state. More...
def	remove_epsilons
	Remove all epsilon:epsilon transitions from the transducer so that the resulting transducer is equivalent to the original one. More...
def	remove_from_alphabet
	Remove symbol from the alphabet of the transducer. More...
def	remove_optimization
	Remove lookup optimization. More...
def	repeat_n
	A concatenation of n transducers. More...
def	repeat_n_minus
	A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from zero to n, inclusive. More...
def	repeat_n_plus
	A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from n to infinity, inclusive. More...
def	repeat_n_to_k
	A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from n to k, inclusive. More...
def	repeat_plus
	A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from one to infinity. More...
def	repeat_star
	A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from zero to infinity. More...
def	reverse
	Reverse the transducer. More...
def	set_final_weights
	Set the weights of all final states to weight. More...
def	set_name
	Rename the transducer name. More...
def	set_property
	Set arbitrary string property property to value. More...
def	shuffle
	Shuffle this transducer with transducer another. More...
def	substitute
	Substitute symbols or transitions in the transducer. More...
def	subtract
	Subtract transducer another from this transducer. More...
def	write
	Write the transducer in binary format to ostr. More...
def	write_att
	Write the transducer in AT&T format to file f, write_weights defined whether weights are written. More...
def	write_att
	Write the transducer in AT&T format to file ofile, write_weights defines whether weights are written. More...
def	write_att
	Write the transducer in AT&T format to file named filename. More...
def	write_prolog
	Write the transducer in prolog format with name name to file f, write_weights defined whether weights are written. More...

Detailed Description

A synchronous finite-state transducer.

Argument handling

Transducer functions modify their calling object and return a reference to the calling object after modification, unless otherwise mentioned. Transducer arguments are usually not modified.

 # transducer is reversed
 transducer.reverse()
 # transducer2 is not modified, but a copy of it is disjuncted with
 # transducer1
 transducer1.disjunct(transducer2)
 # a chain of functions is possible
 transducer.reverse().determinize().reverse().determinize()

Implementation types

Currently, an HfstTransducer has three implementation types that are well supported. When an HfstTransducer is created, its type is defined with an argument. For functions that take a transducer as an argument, the type of the calling transducer must be the same as the type of the argument transducer:

 # this will cause a TransducerTypeMismatchException:
 tropical_transducer.disjunct(foma_transducer)
 # this works, but weights are lost in the conversion
 tropical_transducer.convert(hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE).disjunct(sfst_transducer)
 # this works, information is not lost
 tropical_transducer.disjunct(sfst_transducer.convert(hfst.ImplementationType.TROPICAL_OPENFST_TYPE))

Creating transducers

With HfstTransducer constructors it is possible to create empty, epsilon, one-transition and single-path transducers. Transducers can also be created from scratch with hfst.HfstBasicTransducer and converted to an HfstTransducer. More complex transducers can be combined from simple ones with various functions.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def __init__

(

self

)

Create an empty transducer.

 tr = hfst.HfstTransducer()
 assert(tr.compare(hfst.empty_fst()))

def __init__	(		self,
			another
	)

Create a deep copy of HfstTransducer another or a transducer equivalent to HfstBasicTransducer another.

Parameters

another

An HfstTransducer or HfstBasicTransducer.

An example:

 tr1 = hfst.regex('foo bar foo')
 tr2 = hfst.HfstTransducer(tr1)
 tr2.substitute('foo','FOO')
 tr1.concatenate(tr2)

def __init__	(		self,
			t,
			type
	)

Create an HFST transducer equivalent to HfstBasicTransducer t.

The type of the created transducer is defined by type.

Parameters

t	An HfstBasicTransducer.
type	The type of the resulting transducer. If you want to use the default type, you can just call hfst.HfstTransducer(fsm)

Member Function Documentation

def __str__

(

self

)

An AT&T representation of the transducer.

Defined for print command. An example:

 >>> print(hfst.regex('[foo:bar::2]+'))
 0       1       foo     bar     2.000000
 1       1       foo     bar     2.000000
 1       0.000000

Todo:

Works only for small transducers.

def compare	(		self,
			another
	)

Whether this transducer and another are equivalent.

Parameters

another

The compared transducer.

Precondition

self and another must have the same implementation type.

Two transducers are equivalent iff they accept the same input/output string pairs with the same weights and the same alignments.

Note

For weighted transducers, the function often returns false negatives due to weight precision issues.

def compose	(		self,
			another
	)

Compose this transducer with another.

Parameters

another

The second argument in the composition. Not modified.

def compose_intersect	(		self,
			v,
			invert = False
	)

Compose this transducer with the intersection of transducers in v.

If invert is true, then compose the intersection of the transducers in v with this transducer.

The algorithm used by this function is faster than intersecting all transducers one by one and then composing this transducer with the intersection.

Precondition

The transducers in v are deterministic and epsilon-free.

Parameters

v	A tuple of transducers.
invert	Whether the intersection of the transducers in v is composed with this transducer.

def concatenate	(		self,
			another
	)

Concatenate this transducer with another.

def conjunct	(		self,
			another
	)

Alias for intersect.

See also

hfst.HfstTransducer.intersect

def convert	(		self,
			type,
			options = ''
	)

Convert the transducer into an equivalent transducer in format type.

If a weighted transducer is converted into an unweighted one, all weights are lost. In the reverse case, all weights are initialized to the semiring's one.

A transducer of type hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE, hfst.ImplementationType.TROPICAL_OPENFST_TYPE, hfst.ImplementationType.LOG_OPENFST_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE can be converted into an hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OL_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OLW_TYPE transducer, but an hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OL_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OLW_TYPE transducer cannot be converted to any other type.

Note

For conversion between HfstBasicTransducer and HfstTransducer, see hfst.HfstTransducer.__init__ and hfst.HfstBasicTransducer.__init__

def copy

(

self

)

Return a deep copy of the transducer.

 tr = hfst.regex('[foo:bar::0.3]*')
 TR = tr.copy()
 assert(tr.compare(TR))

def cross_product	(		self,
			another
	)

Make cross product of this transducer with another.

It pairs every string of this with every string of another. If strings are not the same length, epsilon padding will be added in the end of the shorter string.

Precondition

Both transducers must be automata, i.e. map strings onto themselves.

def determinize

(

self

)

Determinize the transducer.

Determinizing a transducer yields an equivalent transducer that has no state with two or more transitions whose input:output symbol pairs are the same.

def disjunct	(		self,
			another
	)

Disjunct this transducer with another.

def eliminate_flag	(		self,
			symbol
	)

Eliminate flag diacritic symbol from the transducer.

Parameters

symbol

The flag to be eliminated. TODO: explain more.

An equivalent transducer with no flags symbol.

def eliminate_flags	(		self,
			symbols
	)

Eliminate flag diacritics listed in symbols from the transducer.

Parameters

symbols

The flags to be eliminated. TODO: explain more.

An equivalent transducer with no flags listed in symbols.

def extract_longest_paths	(		self,
			kwargs
	)

Extract longest paths of the transducer.

Returns

A dictionary.

def extract_paths	(		self,
			kwargs
	)

Extract paths that are recognized by the transducer.

Parameters

kwargs	Arguments recognized are filter_flags, max_cycles, max_number, obey_flags, output, random.
filter_flags	Whether flags diacritics are filtered out from the result (default True).
max_cycles	Indicates how many times a cycle will be followed, with negative numbers indicating unlimited (default -1 i.e. unlimited).
max_number	The total number of resulting strings is capped at this value, with 0 or negative indicating unlimited (default -1 i.e. unlimited).
obey_flags	Whether flag diacritics are validated (default True).
output	Output format. Values recognized: 'text', 'raw', 'dict' (the default). 'text' returns a string where paths are separated by newlines and each path is represented as input_string + ":" + output_string + "\t" t weight. 'raw' yields a tuple of all paths where each path is a 2-tuple consisting of a weight and a tuple of all transition symbol pairs, each symbol pair being a 2-tuple of an input and an output symbol. 'dict' gives a dictionary that maps each input string into a list of possible outputs, each output being a 2-tuple of an output string and a weight.
random	Whether result strings are fetched randomly (default False).

Returns

The extracted strings. output controls how they are represented.

Precondition

The transducer must be acyclic, if both max_number and max_cycles have unlimited values. Else a hfst.exceptions.TransducerIsCyclicException will be thrown.

An example:

 >>> tr = hfst.regex('a:b+ (a:c+)')
 >>> print(tr)
 0       1       a       b       0.000000
 1       1       a       b       0.000000
 1       2       a       c       0.000000
 1       0.000000
 2       2       a       c       0.000000
 2       0.000000

 >>> print(tr.extract_paths(max_cycles=1, output='text'))
 a:b     0
 aa:bb   0
 aaa:bbc 0
 aaaa:bbcc       0
 aa:bc   0
 aaa:bcc 0

 >>> print(tr.extract_paths(max_number=4, output='text'))
 a:b     0
 aa:bc   0
 aaa:bcc 0
 aaaa:bccc       0

 >>> print(tr.extract_paths(max_cycles=1, max_number=4, output='text'))
 a:b     0
 aa:bb   0
 aa:bc   0
 aaa:bcc 0

Exceptions

TransducerIsCyclicException

See also

hfst.HfstTransducer.n_best

Note

Special symbols are printed as such.

Todo:

a link to flag diacritics

def extract_shortest_paths

(

self

)

Extract shortest paths of the transducer.

Returns

A dictionary.

def get_alphabet

(

self

)

Get the alphabet of the transducer.

The alphabet is defined as the set of symbols known to the transducer.

Returns

A tuple of strings.

def get_name

(

self

)

Get the name of the transducer.

See also

set_name

def get_properties

(

self

)

Get all properties from the transducer.

Returns

A dictionary whose keys are properties and whose values are the values of those properties.

def get_property	(		self,
			property
	)

Get arbitrary string propert property.

Parameters

property

The name of the property whose value is returned. get_property('name') works like get_name().

def get_type

(

self

)

The implementation type of the transducer.

Returns

hfst.ImplementationType

def has_flag_diacritics

(

self

)

Whether the transducer has flag diacritics in its transitions.

def input_project

(

self

)

Extract the input language of the transducer.

All transition symbol pairs isymbol:osymbol are changed to isymbol:isymbol.

def insert_freely	(		self,
			ins
	)

Freely insert a transition or a transducer into the transducer.

Parameters

ins	The transition or transducer to be inserted.

If ins is a transition, i.e. a 2-tuple of strings: A transition is added to each state in this transducer. The transition leads from that state to itself with input and output symbols defined by ins. The weight of the transition is zero.

If ins is an hfst.HfstTransducer: A copy of ins is attached with epsilon transitions to each state of this transducer. After the operation, for each state S in this transducer, there is an epsilon transition that leads from state S to the initial state of ins, and for each final state of ins, there is an epsilon transition that leads from that final state to state S in this transducer. The weights of the final states in ins are copied to the epsilon transitions leading to state S.

def insert_to_alphabet	(		self,
			symbol
	)

Explicitly insert symbol to the alphabet of the transducer.

Parameters

symbol

The symbol (string) to be inserted.

Note

Usually this function is not needed since new symbols are added to the alphabet by default.

def intersect	(		self,
			another
	)

Intersect this transducer with another.

def invert

(

self

)

Swap the input and output symbols of each transition in the transducer.

def is_automaton

(

self

)

Whether each transition in the transducer has equivalent input and output symbols.

Note

Transition with hfst.UNKNOWN on both sides IS NOT a transition with equivalent input and output symbols.

Transition with hfst.IDENTITY on both sides IS a transition with equivalent input and output symbols.

def is_cyclic

(

self

)

Whether the transducer is cyclic.

def is_implementation_type_available

(

type

)

Whether HFST is linked to the transducer library needed by implementation type type.

def is_infinitely_ambiguous

(

self

)

Whether the transducer is infinitely ambiguous.

A transducer is infinitely ambiguous if there exists an input that will yield infinitely many results, i.e. there are input epsilon loops that are traversed with that input.

def is_lookup_infinitely_ambiguous	(		self,
			tok_input
	)

Whether lookup of path input will have infinite results.

Currently, this function will return whether the transducer is infinitely ambiguous on any lookup path found in the transducer, i.e. the argument input is ignored.

Todo:

Do not ignore the argument input

def lenient_composition	(		self,
			another
	)

Perform a lenient composition on this transducer and another.

TODO: explain more.

def longest_path_size	(		self,
			kwargs
	)

Get length of longest path of the transducer.

def lookup_optimize

(

self

)

Lookup string input.

Parameters

input	The input. A string or a pre-tokenized tuple of symbols (i.e. a tuple of strings).
kwargs	Possible parameters and their default values are: obey_flags=True, max_number=-1, time_cutoff=0.0, output='tuple'
obey_flags	Whether flag diacritics are obeyed. Always True for HFST_OL(W)_TYPE transducers.
max_number	Maximum number of results returned, defaults to -1, i.e. infinity.
time_cutoff	How long the function can search for results before returning, expressed in seconds. Defaults to 0.0, i.e. infinitely. Always 0.0 for transducers that are not of HFST_OL(W)_TYPE.
output	Possible values are 'tuple', 'text' and 'raw', 'tuple' being the default.

Note

This function has an efficient implementation only for optimized lookup format (hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OL_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OLW_TYPE). Other formats perform the lookup via composition. Consider converting the transducer to optimized lookup format or to a HfstBasicTransducer. Conversion to HFST_OL(W)_TYPE might take a while but the lookup is fast. Conversion to HfstBasicTransducer is quick but lookup is slower. Optimize the transducer for lookup. This effectively converts the transducer into hfst.ImplementationType.HFST_OL_TYPE.

def minimize

(

self

)

Minimize the transducer.

Minimizing a transducer yields an equivalent transducer with the smallest number of states.

Bug:

OpenFst's minimization algorithm seems to add epsilon transitions to weighted transducers?

def minus	(		self,
			another
	)

Alias for subtract.

See also

hfst.HfstTransducer.subtract

def n_best	(		self,
			n
	)

Extract n best paths of the transducer.

In the case of a weighted transducer (hfst.ImplementationType.TROPICAL_OPENFST_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.LOG_OPENFST_TYPE), best paths are defined as paths with the lowest weight. In the case of an unweighted transducer (hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE), the function returns random paths.

This function is not implemented for hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE. If this function is called by an HfstTransducer of type hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE, it is converted to hfst.ImplementationType.TROPICAL_OPENFST_TYPE, paths are extracted and it is converted back to hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE. If HFST is not linked to OpenFst library, an hfst.exceptions.ImplementationTypeNotAvailableException is thrown.

def number_of_arcs

(

self

)

The number of transitions in the transducer.

def number_of_states

(

self

)

The number of states in the transducer.

def optionalize

(

self

)

Disjunct the transducer with an epsilon transducer.

def output_project

(

self

)

Extract the output language of the transducer.

All transition symbol pairs isymbol:osymbol are changed to osymbol:osymbol.

def priority_union	(		self,
			another
	)

Make priority union of this transducer with another.

For the operation t1.priority_union(t2), the result is a union of t1 and t2, except that whenever t1 and t2 have the same string on left side, the path in t2 overrides the path in t1.

Example

 Transducer 1 (t1):
 a : a
 b : b

 Transducer 2 (t2):
 b : B
 c : C

 Result ( t1.priority_union(t2) ):
 a : a
 b : B
 c : C

For more information, read fsmbook.

def prune

(

self

)

Make transducer coaccessible.

A transducer is coaccessible iff there is a path from every state to a final state.

def push_weights_to_end

(

self

)

Push weights towards final state(s).

If the HfstTransducer is of unweighted type (hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE), nothing is done.

An example:

 >>> import hfst
 >>> tr = hfst.regex('[a::1 a:b::0.3 (b::0)]::0.7;')
 >>> tr.push_weights_to_end()
 >>> print(tr)
 0       1       a       a       0.000000
 1       2       a       b       0.000000
 2       3       b       b       0.000000
 2       2.000000
 3       2.000000

See also

hfst.HfstTransducer.push_weights_to_start

def push_weights_to_start

(

self

)

Push weights towards initial state.

If the HfstTransducer is of unweighted type (hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE), nothing is done.

An example:

 >>> import hfst
 >>> tr = hfst.regex('[a::1 a:b::0.3 (b::0)]::0.7;')
 >>> tr.push_weights_to_start()
 >>> print(tr)
 0       1       a       a       2.000000
 1       2       a       b       0.000000
 2       3       b       b       0.000000
 2       0.000000
 3       0.000000

See also

hfst.HfstTransducer.push_weights_to_end

def remove_epsilons

(

self

)

Remove all epsilon:epsilon transitions from the transducer so that the resulting transducer is equivalent to the original one.

def remove_from_alphabet	(		self,
			symbol
	)

Remove symbol from the alphabet of the transducer.

Parameters

symbol

The symbol (string) to be removed.

Precondition

symbol does not occur in any transition of the transducer.

Note

Use with care, removing a symbol that occurs in a transition of the transducer can have unexpected results.

def remove_optimization

(

self

)

Remove lookup optimization.

This effectively converts transducer (back) into default fst type.

def repeat_n	(		self,
			n
	)

A concatenation of n transducers.

def repeat_n_minus	(		self,
			n
	)

A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from zero to n, inclusive.

def repeat_n_plus	(		self,
			n
	)

A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from n to infinity, inclusive.

def repeat_n_to_k	(		self,
			n,
			k
	)

A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from n to k, inclusive.

def repeat_plus

(

self

)

A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from one to infinity.

def repeat_star

(

self

)

A concatenation of N transducers where N is any number from zero to infinity.

def reverse

(

self

)

Reverse the transducer.

A reverted transducer accepts the string 'n(0) n(1) ... n(N)' iff the original transducer accepts the string 'n(N) n(N-1) ... n(0)'

def set_final_weights	(		self,
			weight
	)

Set the weights of all final states to weight.

If the HfstTransducer is of unweighted type (hfst.ImplementationType.SFST_TYPE or hfst.ImplementationType.FOMA_TYPE), nothing is done.

def set_name	(		self,
			name
	)

Rename the transducer name.

Parameters

name	The name of the transducer.

See also

get_name

def set_property	(		self,
			property,
			value
	)

Set arbitrary string property property to value.

Parameters

property	A string naming the property.
value	A string expressing the value of property.

set_property('name', 'name of the transducer') equals set_name('name of the transducer').

Note

While this function is capable of creating endless amounts of arbitrary metadata, it is suggested that property names are drawn from central repository, or prefixed with "x-". A property that does not follow this convention may affect the behavior of transducer in future releases.

def shuffle	(		self,
			another
	)

Shuffle this transducer with transducer another.

If transducer A accepts string 'foo' and transducer B string 'bar', the transducer that results from shuffling A and B accepts all strings [(f|b)(o|a)(o|r)].

Precondition

Both transducers must be automata, i.e. map strings onto themselves.

def substitute	(		self,
			s,
			S = None,
			kwargs
	)

Substitute symbols or transitions in the transducer.

Parameters

s	The symbol or transition to be substituted. Can also be a dictionary of substitutions, if S == None.
S	The symbol, transition, a tuple of transitions or a transducer (hfst.HfstTransducer) that substitutes s.
kwargs	Arguments recognized are 'input' and 'output', their values can be False or True, True being the default. These arguments are valid only if s and S are strings, else they are ignored.
input	Whether substitution is performed on input side, defaults to True. Valid only if s and S are strings.
output	Whether substitution is performed on output side, defaults to True. Valid only if s and \ S are strings.

For more information, see hfst.HfstBasicTransducer.substitute. The function works similarly, with the exception of argument S, which must be hfst.HfstTransducer instead of hfst.HfstBasicTransducer.

See also

hfst.HfstBasicTransducer.substitute

def subtract	(		self,
			another
	)

Subtract transducer another from this transducer.

def write	(		self,
			ostr
	)

Write the transducer in binary format to ostr.

Parameters

ostr	A hfst.HfstOutputStream where the transducer is written.

def write_att	(		self,
			f,
			write_weights = True
	)

Write the transducer in AT&T format to file f, write_weights defined whether weights are written.

Parameters

f	A python file where transducer is written.
write_weights	Whether weights are written.

def write_att	(		self,
			ofile,
			write_weights = True
	)

Write the transducer in AT&T format to file ofile, write_weights defines whether weights are written.

The fields in the resulting AT&T format are separated by tabulator characters.

NOTE: If the transition symbols contain space characters,the spaces are printed as '@_SPACE_@' because whitespace characters are used as field separators in AT&T format. Epsilon symbols are printed as '@0@'.

If several transducers are written in the same file, they must be separated by a line of two consecutive hyphens "--", so that they will be read correctly by hfst.read_att.

An example:

 tr1 = hfst.regex('[foo:bar baz:0 " "]::0.3')
 tr2 = hfst.empty_fst()
 tr3 = hfst.epsilon_fst(0.5)
 tr4 = hfst.regex('[foo]')
 tr5 = hfst.empty_fst()

 f = hfst.hfst_open('testfile.att', 'w')
 for tr in [tr1, tr2, tr3, tr4]:
     tr.write_att(f)
     f.write('--\n')
 tr5.write_att(f)
 f.close()

This will yield a file 'testfile.att' that looks as follows:

 0       1       foo     bar     0.299805
 1       2       baz     @0@     0.000000
 2       3       @_SPACE_@       @_SPACE_@       0.000000
 3       0.000000
 --
 --
 0       0.500000
 --
 0       1       foo     foo     0.000000
 1       0.000000
 --

Exceptions

StreamCannotBeWrittenException
StreamIsClosedException

See also

hfst.HfstOutputStream.write

hfst.HfstTransducer.__init__

def write_att	(		self,
			filename,
			write_weights = True
	)

Write the transducer in AT&T format to file named filename.

write_weights defines whether weights are written.

If the file exists, it is overwritten. If the file does not exist, it is created.

def write_prolog	(		self,
			f,
			name,
			write_weights = True
	)

Write the transducer in prolog format with name name to file f, write_weights defined whether weights are written.

Parameters

f	A python file where the transducer is written.
name	The name of the transducer that must be given in a prolog file.
write_weights	Whether weights are written.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• hfst/__init__.py