find_most_similar_string: find_most_similar_string

In davidsjoberg/similiars: Matches Strings to Most Similiar String

Description

Returns a vector of most similar string in another vector. Returns a vector of the same length as input vector '.s'.

Usage

find_most_similar_string(
  .s,
  .t,
  max_dist = Inf,
  verbose = TRUE,
  ignore_case = TRUE,
  feeling_lucky = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

.s	a character vector to be matched.
.t	a character vector to be matched against.
max_dist	the maximum string distance
verbose	should warnings be printed in the console.
ignore_case	should case be ignored? Default is TRUE.
feeling_lucky	if multiple most similar strings are found. Should the first one be returned?
...	other arguments passed to utils::adist.

Details

Uses the generalized Levenshtein distance. For more information type ?utils::adist in the console.

Value

a character vector

Examples

find_most_similar_string(c("battman", "Irn Man"), superheroes)

davidsjoberg/similiars documentation built on Jan. 17, 2021, 6:32 p.m.