fuzzy-string-matching.ipynb

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      "Collecting fuzzywuzzy\n",
      "  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d8/f1/5a267addb30ab7eaa1beab2b9323073815da4551076554ecc890a3595ec9/fuzzywuzzy-0.17.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl\n",
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    "import sys\n",
    "!{sys.executable} -m pip install fuzzywuzzy"
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    "from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz\n",
    "fuzz.ratio('John Smith', 'Jhon Smiht')"
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    "fuzz.ratio('John Smith', 'Smiht Jhon') # word order is different"
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    "fuzz.token_sort_ratio('John Smith', 'Smiht Jhon') # ignores the word order"
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    "fuzz.token_set_ratio('John Smith', 'John Everett Smith') # ignores duplicate words"
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