damerau_levenshtein_similarity {RapidFuzz}R Documentation

Damerau-Levenshtein Similarity

Description

Calculate the Damerau-Levenshtein similarity between two strings.

Computes the similarity based on the Damerau-Levenshtein metric, which considers transpositions in addition to substitutions, insertions, and deletions.

Usage

damerau_levenshtein_similarity(s1, s2, score_cutoff = 0L)

Arguments

s1

A string. The first input string.

s2

A string. The second input string.

score_cutoff

An optional minimum threshold for the similarity score. Defaults to 0.

Value

The Damerau-Levenshtein similarity as an integer.

Examples

damerau_levenshtein_similarity("abcdef", "abcfde")
damerau_levenshtein_similarity("abcdef", "abcfde", score_cutoff = 3)

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