jaccard_similarity: Calculate Jaccard Similarity of two character vectors

In zoomerjoin: Superlatively Fast Fuzzy Joins

Calculate Jaccard Similarity of two character vectors

Description

Calculate Jaccard Similarity of two character vectors

Usage

jaccard_similarity(a, b, ngram_width = 2)

Arguments

a	the first character vector
b	the first character vector
ngram_width	the length of the shingles / ngrams used in the similarity calculation

Value

a vector of jaccard similarities of the strings

Examples

jaccard_similarity(
  c("the quick brown fox", "jumped over the lazy dog"),
  c("the quck bron fx", "jumped over hte lazy dog")
)

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