A minimal algorithm for computing Levenshtein distance in JavaScript.
$ npm i --save levdist
// Dependencies
var LevDist = require("levdist");
// Output the levdist of these two words
console.log(LevDist("live", "life"));
// => 1
LevDist(s, t)Calculates the Levenshtein distance.
s: The first string.t: The second string.Have an idea? Found a bug? See how to contribute.
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A minimal algorithm for computing Levenshtein distance in JavaScript.
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