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Re: Comparing Strings

by no_slogan (Deacon)
on May 08, 2001 at 03:26 UTC ( #78717=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Comparing Strings

The String::Approx package can calculate the "edit distance" (number of edits to change one string to another). 
use String::Approx 'adist';
$dist = adist("pattern", $input);

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