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Fuzzy string matching / scoring algorithm
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Fuzzy String Matching
fuzzyMatch
calculates a score for an item (a string or an object with string-valued properties)
against a string search term. The term does not necessarily have to be a substring of the item,
but instead the score is calculated against dominant parts of the search object. For example, the
string FuzzyStringMatching
would score highly against the term FSM
. If you've ever used the
Go To Anything feature in Sublime Text, you'll know what I mean.
The idea is that you use this function to give a rank to each item in a searchable array, which can then be used to find the most relevant item in the array quickly.
The algorithm is somewhat arbitrary based on the use-case against which it was originally written, but essentially it is tailored towards matching initial characters in camelCased strings highly, as well as consecutive substrings.