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Detect language of a list of strings

Now you will detect the language of each item in a list. A list called sentences has been created for you and it contains 3 sentences, each in a different language. They have been randomly extracted from the product reviews dataset.

This exercise is part of the course

Sentiment Analysis in Python

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Exercise instructions

  • Iterate over the sentences in the list.
  • Detect the language of each sentence and append the detected language to the empty list languages.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

from langdetect import detect_langs

languages = []

# Loop over the sentences in the list and detect their language
for sentence in _____:
    languages.____(____(sentence))
    
print('The detected languages are: ', languages)
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