Re: [LUG] word similarities

[Carl <cjm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Williams wrote:
> I've been googling for this most of the morning but I can't find what I 
> want. I thought it was Leishman.
>
> What is the method for detecting similarities between words?
>
> If I have a string:
>
> My test account
>
> How do I calculate the similarity with this string:
>
> My testing account
>
> and the dis-similarity with this string:
>
> My other account
>
>
> This will need to be in C.
I sometimes use code I borrowed from here to do something similar:
http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/Cpp/algorithms/strings/article.php/c5097

That said, you probably already know this one and I'm not sure it's 
exactly what you're looking for.

Carl


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