Python Text Processing Tutorial

Python programming can be used to process a variety of text data needs, particularly in the area of natural language processing (NLP). NLP is used in search engines, newsfeed analysis, and more recently, voice applications like Siri and Alexa. The Python Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) is a set of libraries for creating such text processing systems.

Target Audience

This tutorial is intended for computer science graduates and software professionals who are interested in learning easy-to-understand text processing using Python as a programming language.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of writing and executing Python programs using any Python integrated development environment. If you are completely new to Python, please refer to our Python tutorial to get a good understanding of the language.