Adds an entry to a dictionary — addDictionaryEntry • nzilbb.labbcat

This function creates adds a new entry to the given dictionary.

Usage

addDictionaryEntry(labbcat.url, manager.id, dictionary.id, key, entry)

Arguments

labbcat.url: URL to the LaBB-CAT instance
manager.id: The layer manager ID of the dictionary, as returned by getDictionaries
dictionary.id: The ID of the dictionary, as returned by getDictionaries
key: The key (word) in the dictionary to add an entry for.
entry: The value (definition) for the given key.

Value

NULL if the entry was added, or a list of error messages if not.

Details

You must have edit privileges in LaBB-CAT in order to be able to use this function.

See also

Other dictionary functions: addLayerDictionaryEntry(), deleteLexicon(), getDictionaries(), getDictionaryEntries(), loadLexicon(), removeDictionaryEntry(), removeLayerDictionaryEntry()

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
## Add the word "robert" to the CELEX wordform pronunciation dictionary
addDictionaryEntry(labbcat.url, "CELEX-EN", "Phonology (wordform)", "robert", "'rQ-b@t")
} # }