levdist

levdist

A minimal algorithm for computing Levenshtein distance in JavaScript.

:cloud: Installation

$ npm i --save levdist

:clipboard: Example

// Dependencies
var LevDist = require("levdist");

// Output the levdist of these two words
console.log(LevDist("live", "life"));
// => 1

:memo: Documentation

LevDist(s, t)

Calculates the Levenshtein distance.

Params

• String s: The first string.
• String t: The second string.

Return

• Number The Levenshtein distance value.

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:scroll: License

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