Chapman Length Deviation

The Chapman Length Deviation algorithm implementation

• Used to determine if the strings are similar in size
• This apporach should be used alongside other approaches eg. Jaro, Jaro-winkler, Levenshtein...

Install

npm install -S chapman-length-deviation

Usage

import deviation from "chapman-length-deviation";

deviation('Hello', 'Hallo');
// 1

deviation('HELLO', 'Hallo');
// 1

deviation('Hello', 'Hello World');
// 0.45454545454545453


// Return Percentage

deviation('Hello', 'Hallo', {returnPercentage : true});
// 100

deviation('Hello', 'Hello World', {returnPercentage : true});
// 45.45454545454545