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#!/usr/bin/env python
# wagnerfischer.py: Dynamic programming Levensthein distance function
# Kyle Gorman <gormanky@ohsu.edu>
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# Based on:
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# Robert A. Wagner and Michael J. Fischer (1974). The string-to-string
# correction problem. Journal of the ACM 21(1):168-173.
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# The thresholding function was inspired by BSD-licensed code from