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def levenshtein(s1, s2):
if len(s1) < len(s2):
return levenshtein(s2, s1)
# len(s1) >= len(s2)
if len(s2) == 0:
return len(s1)
previous_row = range(len(s2) + 1)
for i, c1 in enumerate(s1):
current_row = [i + 1]
for j, c2 in enumerate(s2):
insertions = previous_row[j + 1] + 1 # j+1 instead of j since previous_row and current_row are one character longer
deletions = current_row[j] + 1 # than s2
substitutions = previous_row[j] + (c1 != c2)
current_row.append(min(insertions, deletions, substitutions))
previous_row = current_row
return previous_row[-1]
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