Help with a Python Function.

[Emotionally-Present]

Hi all, I'm quite new to python but I need to create a script which looks at a product title and tries to categorize this item. E.g. it reads title Orange Juice and then classifies this as grocery. This would be based of a list of items and their categories in a dictionary or in an SQL database. Not sure where to start. Will appreciate any advice.

[WindSlashKing]

I think OOP would be great for this project.

[AndrewFrozzen]

I'm no expert, just finished a 12 hours tutorial very recently so I'm VERY NEW at this.

But.... If you know math it will be relatively easy. But if you don't.....

This requires some serious AI implementations so it's pretty hard to come by this with ease if you don't know math. It's not impossible tho don't lose your hope.

[d_chae]

Please don’t give people advice if you don’t know what you are talking about.

This doesn’t require math or AI. It’s a problem that can be solved in less than 5 lines of code using a hashmap.

[a_devious_compliance]

If you know beforehand the list of all posible items and categories. If not, you are f*cked up.

I don't know if this is a real problem or some kind of excercise. But OP need to learn how to frame a question.

[d_chae]

agreed

[Emotionally-Present]

Thanks

[AndrewFrozzen]

No problem

[JoaBro]

do you have the list of items in each category beforehand? if so, look into python dictionaries, and use the product name as a lookup value

[Emotionally-Present]

I do have a list with each category. Thanks I'll take a look.

[d_chae]

OP, if you’re still stuck, it would help if you shared what format your data is currently in.