Check if the character is a minus sign and is followed by a letter or a

digit. Treat it as part of the word/number.

source/net/yacy/document/SentenceReader.java

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ package net.yacy.document;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.SortedMap;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
-
-import net.yacy.cora.order.Base64Order;
-import net.yacy.kelondro.data.word.Word;
 
 /**
  * Read sentences from a given text.
@@ -127,15 +122,28 @@ public class SentenceReader implements Iterator<StringBuilder>, Iterable<StringB
                 || type == Character.MODIFIER_LETTER
                 || type == Character.OTHER_LETTER
                 || type == Character.TITLECASE_LETTER
-                || punctuation(c));
+                || punctuation(c) || digitsep(c));
     }
 
     public final static boolean punctuation(final char c) {
-        return c == '.' || c == '!' || c == '?';
+        switch (c) {
+            case '.':
+            case '!':
+            case '?':
+                return true;
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
     }
 
     public final static boolean digitsep(final char c) {
-        return c == '.' || c == ',';
+        switch (c) {
+            case '.':
+            case ',':
+                return true;
+            default:
+                return false;
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -178,7 +186,7 @@ public class SentenceReader implements Iterator<StringBuilder>, Iterable<StringB
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        String s = "a b 1.5 ccc 4,7 d. so o et, qu. 4.7Ohm 2.54inch.";
+        String s = "a b 1.5 ccc -4,7 d. so -o et, qu. 4.7Ohm 2.54inch.";
         SentenceReader sr = new SentenceReader(s);
         for (StringBuilder a: sr) System.out.println(a);
         sr = new SentenceReader(s);

source/net/yacy/document/WordTokenizer.java

@@ -155,6 +155,12 @@ public class WordTokenizer implements Enumeration<StringBuilder> {
                 for (int i = 0; i < r.length(); i++) { // tokenize one sentence
                     c = r.charAt(i);
 
+                    // Check if the character is a minus sign and is followed by a letter or a digit. Treat it as part of the word/number.
+                    if (c == '-' && i < r.length() - 1 && (Character.isLetter(r.charAt(i + 1)) || Character.isDigit(r.charAt(i + 1)))) {
+                        sb.append(c);
+                        continue;  // Skip further checks and continue to the next character.
+                    }
+
                     // Check if the current character is a digit separator within a number.
                     if (SentenceReader.digitsep(c) && i > 0 && Character.isDigit(r.charAt(i - 1)) && (i < r.length() - 1) && Character.isDigit(r.charAt(i + 1))) {
                         sb.append(c);   // Add the digit separator to the current token.