fuzzy-search

How do I approximate search multiple terms in a string in JS?

How do I approximate search multiple terms in a string in JS? Question: I have a string S and a list of strings allItems, allItems contains strings that may have common "sub-words" but one element is never an extension of another: //good, they both contain Fuzzy but Fuzzy isn’t in allItems const allItems = "FuzzyBunny", …

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Checking fuzzy/approximate substring existing in a longer string, in Python?

Checking fuzzy/approximate substring existing in a longer string, in Python? Question: Using algorithms like leveinstein ( leveinstein or difflib) , it is easy to find approximate matches.eg. >>> import difflib >>> difflib.SequenceMatcher(None,”amazing”,”amaging”).ratio() 0.8571428571428571 The fuzzy matches can be detected by deciding a threshold as needed. Current requirement : To find fuzzy substring based on a …

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Real world typo statistics?

Real world typo statistics? Question: Where can I find some real world typo statistics? I’m trying to match people’s input text to internal objects, and people tend to make spelling mistakes. There are 2 kinds of mistakes: typos – “Helllo” instead of “Hello” / “Satudray” instead of “Saturday” etc. Spelling – “Shikago” instead of “Chicago” …

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