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/ JaroWinklerScore.java
Created
November 14, 2015 21:14
A basic Java version of the Jaro-Winkler distance algorithm for measuring the similarity of Strings. It offers good performance on shorter types of strings like names, etc.
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| public class JaroWinklerScore { | |
| /** | |
| * Applies the Jaro-Winkler distance algorithm to the given strings, providing information about the | |
| * similarity of them. | |
| * | |
| * @param s1 The first string that gets compared. May be <code>null</node> or empty. | |
| * @param s2 The second string that gets compared. May be <code>null</node> or empty. | |
| * @return The Jaro-Winkler score (between 0.0 and 1.0), with a higher value indicating larger similarity. | |
| * | |
| * @author Thomas Trojer <thomas@trojer.net> |