LevenshteinXS(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation LevenshteinXS(3)NAMEText::LevenshteinXS - An XS implementation of the Levenshtein edit
distance
SYNOPSIS
use Text::LevenshteinXSqw(distance);
print distance("foo","four");
# prints "2"
print distance("foo","bar");
# prints "3"
DESCRIPTION
This module implements the Levenshtein edit distance in a XS way.
The Levenshtein edit distance is a measure of the degree of proximity
between two strings. This distance is the number of substitutions,
deletions or insertions ("edits") needed to transform one string into
the other one (and vice versa). When two strings have distance 0, they
are the same. A good point to start is:
<http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm>
CREDITS
All the credits go to Vladimir Levenshtein the author of the algorithm
and to Lorenzo Seidenari who made the C implementation
<http://www.merriampark.com/ldc.htm>
SEE ALSO
Text::Levenshtein , Text::WagnerFischer , Text::Brew , String::Approx
AUTHOR
Copyright 2003 Dree Mistrut <dree@friul.it> Modifications Copyright
2004 Josh Goldberg <josh@3io.com>
This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express
or implied warranty. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.14.0 2004-06-29 LevenshteinXS(3)
