Text::LevenshteinXS - An XS implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance
use Text::LevenshteinXS qw(distance);
print distance("foo","four");
# prints "2"
print distance("foo","bar");
# prints "3"
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>
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>
Text::Levenshtein , Text::WagnerFischer , Text::Brew , String::Approx
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.