Top count for wordclouds and wordbars

[AmeliaMN]

Make it possible to specify top.count=100 and see only the 100 most common words. in MakeWordCloud

[jimmylovestea]

Need to decide how to best specify top 1 word and top 100% of words. Ask for clarification as to whether decimal numbers (10.5 for instance) should be allowed to be specified.

[AmeliaMN]

Yeah, this is another one that needs a little thought. I don't think we need to support decimals, but I assume it wouldn't be that complicated to support. E.g. top.percent=10.5

[hongsudt]

Currently the "top" parameter is overloaded with both the top rank and top percentage. If the specified value is >=1, then it implies rank and if the value <1, then it implies percentage.. The issues are:

• Is it easier or harder for students if we split the top param into top rank and top percentage?
• In the case of a rank, if a decimal (e.g. 10.1) is provided, do we give an error message or ignore and assume that it is round(decimal)?

These are pedagogy questions.. I would go for splitting the param and support the decimal rank.

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:12 AM, AmeliaMN notifications@github.com wrote:

Yeah, this is another one that needs a little thought. I don't think we need to support decimals, but I assume it wouldn't be that complicated to support. E.g. top.percent=10.5

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/AmeliaMN/MobilizeSimple/issues/9#issuecomment-30870910 .

[jimmylovestea]

Add 2 arguments to the functions:

• top: Accepts integers (rounds down all decimals to nearest integer)
• type: Would default to 'count' but would also accept 'percent'.

In the case for 'count' the top argument would be the top m words. In the case for 'percernt' the top arguments would be the top m percent.

[jimmylovestea]

Update help & wiki.