levenshtein

Levenshtein

Levenshtein string difference in Javascript.

Levenshtein also does some neat things like coerce to a number and string approproately. So you can compare Levenshtein objects directly! Not to mention it has specs!

API

• new Levenshtein( m, n ) → Levenshtein

  • m ( String ): First string.
  • n ( String ): Second string.
  • Initialise a new Levenshtein object.

• Levenshtein#distance → Number

  • Distance between strings.

• Levenshtein#inspect() → String

  • Pretty print Levenshtein table.

• Levenshtein#toString() → String

  • Alias of: Levenshtein#inspect().

• Levenshtein#valueOf() → Number

  • Alias of: Levenshtein#distance.

Installation

Levenshtein works in both the browser and node.js.

Browser

Simply include levenshtein.js:

<script src="/javascripts/levenshtein.js"></script>

NPM

Install via npm:

npm install levenshtein

Or put it in your package.json:

{ "levenshtein": "~1.0" }

Bower

bower install levenshtein

Git

git clone git://github.com/gf3/Levenshtein.git

License

Levenshtein is UNLICENSED.

Author

Written by Gianni Chiappetta – gf3.ca