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Function: levenshteinDistance()

function levenshteinDistance(
   input: string, 
   comparedTo: string, 
   options: LevenshteinDistanceOptions): number;

Defined in: levenshtein-distance.ts:23

Compute the levenshtein distance between two strings (similarity)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
input	string	The string
comparedTo	string	The string to compare to
options	LevenshteinDistanceOptions	see LevenshteinDistanceOptions

Returns

number

the levenshteinDistance between the two strings (0 for no similarity through 1 for equal)

Default Value

caseInsensitive true