.. _fwflag_num_topic_words:
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--num_topic_words
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Switch
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--num_topic_words N

Description
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Number of top words to use as the label for each topic, in topic tagclouds and topic label maps.

Argument and Default Value
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An integer. Default: ``15`` (``dlac.DEF_MAX_TOP_TC_WORDS``).

Details
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Used in several places: :doc:`fwflag_topic_tagcloud`/:doc:`fwflag_corp_topic_tagcloud` output (``maxWords``), :doc:`fwflag_make_topic_labelmap_lex` (``FeatureRefiner.makeTopicLabelMap(topiclexicon, numtopicwords, weightedlexicon)``), and topic wordcloud rendering (``wordcloud.makeLexiconTopicWordclouds(..., max_words=...)``).

Other Switches
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Optional Switches:

* :doc:`fwflag_topic_tagcloud`, :doc:`fwflag_corp_topic_tagcloud`, :doc:`fwflag_make_topic_labelmap_lex`, :doc:`fwflag_make_topic_wordclouds`

Example Commands
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.. code-block:: bash

	dlatkInterface.py -d dla_tutorial -t msgs -c user_id -f 'feat$cat_met_a30_2000_cp_w$msgs$user_id$16to16' \
	--outcome_table blog_outcomes --outcomes age --topic_tagcloud --topic_lexicon met_a30_2000_freq_t50ll --num_topic_words 10