@stdlib/string-base-distances-levenshtein
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Calculates the Levenshtein (edit) distance between two strings.
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levenshteinDistance
Calculate the Levenshtein (edit) distance between two strings.
Installation
npm install @stdlib/string-base-distances-levenshtein
Usage
var levenshteinDistance = require( '@stdlib/string-base-distances-levenshtein' );
levenshteinDistance( s1, s2 )
Calculates the Levenshtein (edit) distance between two strings.
var dist = levenshteinDistance( 'frog', 'from' );
// returns 1
dist = levenshteinDistance( 'frog', 'froth' );
// returns 2
dist = levenshteinDistance( 'cat', 'kitty' );
// returns 4
dist = levenshteinDistance( '', 'abcdef' );
// returns 6
dist = levenshteinDistance( '1638452297', '2311638451' );
// returns 7
Examples
var levenshteinDistance = require( '@stdlib/string-base-distances-levenshtein' );
var dist = levenshteinDistance( 'algorithm', 'altruistic' );
// returns 6
dist = levenshteinDistance( 'elephant', 'hippo' );
// returns 7
dist = levenshteinDistance( 'javascript', 'typescript' );
// returns 4
dist = levenshteinDistance( 'levenshtein', 'leviathan' );
// returns 6
Notice
This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.
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