match_percentage

README

This is a simple Node.js module for calculating the match percentage between two sentences. It removes simple words (such as "of", "at", "i", etc.) from the sentences before calculating the match percentage.

I originally wrote this to compare title headlines from local news websites I web scrape. On any given day, all the websites can have the same story with the title being very similar, which helps me check for duplicate articles.

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Open issues on github - contributions welcomed

Usage

To use the module, simply install it using npm or yarn:

npm install match_percentage

or

yarn add match_percentage

Once the module is installed, you can import it into your code and use the checkMatchPercentage(s1,s2) function to calculate the match percentage between two sentences. The function takes two arguments: the two sentences to compare. It returns an object with two properties:

• matchPercentage: The match percentage between the two sentences, as a number between 0 and 100.
• match: A string indicating whether the two sentences are likely to be a match, based on the match percentage.

Here is an example of how to use the module:

const matchPercentage = require('match_percentage');

or

import matchPercentage from "match_percentage";


const sentence1 = 'I am 83% sure that was a unicorn';

const sentence2 = 'I had 83% for maths and 68% for French';

const result = matchPercentage(sentence1, sentence2);

console.log(result);

Output:

{
  matchPercentage: 22,
  match: false
}

const sentence1 = 'This is a simple sentence.';

const sentence2 = 'This is a very similar sentence.';

output:

{
  matchPercentage: 68,
  match: true
}

IMO these are similar enough to be talking about the same thing. You can set the truth level!

truthLevel (default 60)

The default match level is 60, but you can adjust it as needed.

const matchLevel = 75; // Adjust the match level to your preference.

const result = matchPercentage(sentence1, sentence2, truthLevel);
console.log(result);

Simple Words (coming soon)

The module includes a list of simple words that are removed from the sentences before calculating the match percentage.

Here is an example of how to customize the list of simple words:

javascript const matchPercentage = require('match-percentage');

const customSimpleWords = ['very', 'simple'];

const matchLevel = 75;

const result = await matchPercentage(sentence1, sentence2, customSimpleWords, matchLevel);

console.log(result);

Conclusion

This module provides a simple way to calculate the match percentage between two sentences. It can be used in a variety of applications, such as plagiarism detection, text matching, and natural language processing.