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String distance in JavaScript
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/** | |
GLWT(Good Luck With That) Public License | |
Copyright (c) Everyone, except Author | |
The author has absolutely no clue what the code in this project does. | |
It might just work or not, there is no third option. | |
Everyone is permitted to copy, distribute, modify, merge, sell, publish, | |
sublicense or whatever they want with this software but at their OWN RISK. | |
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT PUBLIC LICENSE | |
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND MODIFICATION | |
0. You just DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO as long as you NEVER LEAVE A | |
TRACE TO TRACK THE AUTHOR of the original product to blame for or hold | |
responsible. | |
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, | |
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN | |
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. | |
Good luck. | |
*/ | |
function stringDistance(a,b) { | |
let editTracker = (new Array(a.length+1)).fill(0).map(_=>(new Array(b.length+1)).fill(0)) | |
for (let i = 0; i <= a.length; i++) { | |
for (let j = 0; j <= b.length; j++) { | |
if (i === 0) { | |
editTracker[i][j] = j | |
} else if (j === 0) { | |
editTracker[i][j] = i | |
} else if (a[i-1] === b[j-1]) { | |
editTracker[i][j] = editTracker[i-1][j-1] | |
} else { | |
editTracker[i][j] = 1 + | |
Math.min(editTracker[i][j-1], | |
editTracker[i-1][j], | |
editTracker[i-1][j-1]) | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return editTracker[a.length][b.length] | |
} |
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