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Created September 12, 2012 02:28
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playableVideos.sort(function(a,b){
return levDist(a.title, text) - levDist(b.title, text);
});
var levDist = function(s, t) {
var d = []; //2d matrix
// Step 1
var n = s.length;
var m = t.length;
if (n == 0) return m;
if (m == 0) return n;
//Create an array of arrays in javascript (a descending loop is quicker)
for (var i = n; i >= 0; i--) d[i] = [];
// Step 2
for (var i = n; i >= 0; i--) d[i][0] = i;
for (var j = m; j >= 0; j--) d[0][j] = j;
// Step 3
for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
var s_i = s.charAt(i - 1);
// Step 4
for (var j = 1; j <= m; j++) {
//Check the jagged ld total so far
if (i == j && d[i][j] > 4) return n;
var t_j = t.charAt(j - 1);
var cost = (s_i == t_j) ? 0 : 1; // Step 5
//Calculate the minimum
var mi = d[i - 1][j] + 1;
var b = d[i][j - 1] + 1;
var c = d[i - 1][j - 1] + cost;
if (b < mi) mi = b;
if (c < mi) mi = c;
d[i][j] = mi; // Step 6
//Damerau transposition
if (i > 1 && j > 1 && s_i == t.charAt(j - 2) && s.charAt(i - 2) == t_j) {
d[i][j] = Math.min(d[i][j], d[i - 2][j - 2] + cost);
}
}
}
// Step 7
return d[n][m];
}
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