extract_matches: Extract Matches with Scoring and Limit

In RapidFuzz: String Similarity Computation Using 'RapidFuzz'

Extract Matches with Scoring and Limit

Description

Compares a query string to a list of choices using the specified scorer and returns the top matches with a similarity score above the cutoff.

Usage

extract_matches(
  query,
  choices,
  score_cutoff = 50,
  limit = 3L,
  processor = TRUE,
  scorer = "WRatio"
)

Arguments

query	The query string to compare.
choices	A vector of strings to compare against the query.
score_cutoff	A numeric value specifying the minimum similarity score (default is 50.0).
limit	The maximum number of matches to return (default is 3).
processor	A boolean indicating whether to preprocess strings before comparison (default is TRUE).
scorer	A string specifying the similarity scoring method ("WRatio", "Ratio", "PartialRatio", etc.).

Value

A data frame containing the top matched strings and their similarity scores.

RapidFuzz documentation built on April 3, 2025, 11:52 p.m.