Named Entity Recognition 26.3
Named Entity Recognition User and Programming Guide

# getMatchContext

Returns three plain strings: the text before the match, the match text, and the text after the match.

You can configure the number of context characters by using the ContextCharsBeforeMatch and ContextCharsAfterMatch configuration parameters. The match text that returns in the second string is the same value that getMatchedText returns.

This option is not compatible with repeated matches (that is, `EdkGetNextRepeatedMatch` is not supported when you use context).

When you use `getMatchContext` on table data, the context is restricted to the cell that contains the match.

## Syntax

`local before, matched, after = edkmatch:getMatchContext()`

## Returns

A triplet of strings, including the matched text.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Named Entity Recognition 26.3

Topic Title: getMatchContext