str-compare

str-compare is a collection of algorithms to compare strings.

Installation

npm install str-compare

Algorithms

• Hamming distance

• Jaro-Winkler distance

• Levenshtein distance

• Sorensen / Dice coeficient

Basic usage

var strCompare = require('str-compare'),
    a = 'healed',
    b = 'healthy';
 
strCompare.jaro(a,b);
>>> 0.746031746031746
 
strCompare.jaroWinkler(a,b);
>>> 0.8476190476190476
 
strCompare.levenshtein(a,b);
>>> 3
 
strCompare.distanceToSimilarity(a, b, strCompare.levenshtein);
>>> 0.5714285714285714
 
s.sorensenDice(a,b);
>>> 0.5454545454545454

Contribution

Please feel free to contribute by forking this repo. Just be sure to add relevant unit tests and pass them all before submitting any code.

To setup the project, just install npm dependencies with npm install and run tests with npm test.

License

MIT