similar_text: Text similarity comparison class

In samesies: Compare Similarity Across Text, Factors, or Numbers

Text similarity comparison class

Description

similar_text is an S3 class for text similarity comparisons.

Usage

similar_text(scores, summary, methods, list_names, digits = 3)

Arguments

scores	List of similarity scores per method and comparison
summary	Summary statistics by method and comparison
methods	Character vector of methods used for comparison
list_names	Character vector of names for the compared lists
digits	Number of digits to round results (default: 3)

Details

This class extends the similar class and implements text-specific similarity comparison methods.

Value

An object of class "similar_text" (which inherits from "similar") containing:

• scores: List of text similarity scores per method and comparison

• summary: Summary statistics by method and comparison

• methods: Character vector of text similarity methods used (osa, lv, dl, etc.)

• list_names: Character vector of names for the compared text lists

• digits: Number of digits to round results in output

The text similarity scores are normalized values between 0 and 1, where 1 indicates identical text and 0 indicates completely different text based on the specific method used.

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