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From: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Testing validity of a word
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:06:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sf9ax4fb.fsf@dataswamp.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 0iMfp4ZIF6AbexWeuBv10ON9NQqnHhsYhLbUaqzCte_f2yasnqcZbnZuHiCmWYiLZP_1DdWvaWLBlX0np-1eKeg-RUeySDbv8rya570hG9M=@proton.me

uzibalqa wrote:

> I want to test whether a word is valid. Is there a package
> in Emacs for dictionary word lookup ?

(defun spell-word (word)
  (with-temp-buffer
    (save-excursion
      (insert word) )
    (condition-case nil
        (not (ispell-word))
      (error nil) )))
      
;; (spell-word "length") ; t
;; (spell-word "lenght") ; nil

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-07-26 12:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-26  0:21 Testing validity of a word uzibalqa
2023-07-26  1:33 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-07-26  1:40   ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26  2:27     ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26  4:21     ` Drew Adams
2023-07-26  2:32   ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26 12:06 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2023-07-26 17:08   ` uzibalqa
2023-07-26 17:45     ` Emanuel Berg
2023-07-26 19:07     ` Emanuel Berg

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