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| -rw-r--r-- | spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java b/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java index 2e03f26..e3f2955 100644 --- a/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java +++ b/spellchecker/src/SpellCorrector.java @@ -388,9 +388,11 @@ public class SpellCorrector { // group the effects of this modifications for tracking. WordModification effect = new WordModification(index, word, scores); - if ((best_modification != null - && effect.probability > best_modification.probability) - || effect.probability > sentence_probability) { + // if there was a previous best modification, the proposed + // modification must be better than that. Otherwise, it must be + // better than the original sentence. + if ((best_modification != null && effect.probability > best_modification.probability) + || (best_modification == null && effect.probability > sentence_probability)) { best_modification = effect; } } |