GH_StringMatcher

Utility class for finding matches in a database of Strings.

Constructors

public GH_StringMatcher()

public static int ComputeWeight(string value, string key, GH_MatchLevel level, StringComparison comp)

Compute the weight of the match. Utility function that performs specified match types until a match is found.

Parameters:

value (string)	Value to match.
key (string)	Key to match against.
level (GH_MatchLevel)	Matching level to apply (multiple levers are possible).
comp (StringComparison)	String comparison to use during matching.

Returns: An integer describing the weighting of the match.

public static int ComputeWeight(string value, string key, StringComparison comp)

Compute the weight of the match. Utility function that performs all match types until a match is found.

Parameters:

value (string)	Value to match.
key (string)	Key to match against.
comp (StringComparison)	String comparison to use during matching.

Returns: An integer describing the weighting of the match.

public static int LevenshteinDistance(string A, string B)

Bottom up implementation of the Levenshtein Distance algorithm. see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance for further details.

Parameters:

A (string)	Base string. Case sensitive.
B (string)	Target string. Case sensitive.

Returns: Number of edit operations required to change A into B.