:mod:`lexnlp.extract.en.entities.nltk_re`: Extracting companies
The :mod:`lexnlp.extract.en.entities.nltk_re` module contains methods that allow for the extraction of company names from text. Example statements that are covered by default in this module include:
- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
- ACME, INC.
- Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association
- Lexpredict LLC
The full list of current unit test cases can be found here: https://github.com/LexPredict/lexpredict-lexnlp/blob/master/lexnlp/extract/en/entities/tests/test_get_companies.py
.. currentmodule:: lexnlp.extract.en.entities.nltk_re
.. autofunction:: get_companies
Example
>>> import lexnlp.extract.en.entities.nltk_re >>> text = "This is Deutsche Bank Securities Inc." >>> print(list(lexnlp.extract.en.entities.nltk_re.get_entities.nltk_re.get_companies(text))) [('This is Deutsche Bank Securities', 'Inc', 'Bank')] >>> text = "This is Lexpredict LLC" >>> print(list(lexnlp.extract.en.entities.nltk_re.get_entities.nltk_re(text))) [('This is Lexpredict', 'LLC', None)]