Measure Text
Overview
You can use this method to send text and receive a Lexile measure. Before you submit text for analysis you should make sure it's properly formatted.
Method
analyzer.analyze(text, [language])Parameters
The only parameter you need to include is the text to be analyzed.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
text |
String |
The text to be analyzed. |
language |
Optional String |
The language of the text. This is optional and does not need to be provided. |
Response
{
'lexile': 400,
'lexile_display': '400L',
'mlf': 3.7460290817322215,
'msl': 4.5,
'version': '6.0.0',
'word_count': 9,
}| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
lexileMeasure |
Number | The Lexile measurement. Example: 400 |
lexileMeasureDisplay |
Number | This is the measure you should use when you publish or share a
measurement. The letters included with the measure indicate
what type of measure this is. In this example, the L means this is a Lexile measure. Example: 400L |
mlf |
Integer |
Mean Log Word Frequency The logarithm of the number of times a word appears in each 5 million words of the Lexile Corpus of 1.5 billion words. Word frequency is not the number of times a word appears in a specific passage, but the frequency of the word in the Lexile Corpus. |
word_count |
Number |
Total number of words in a text. |