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levenshtein_distance

Ruby on Rails latest stable (v6.1.7.7) - 0 notes - Class: Rails::Generators

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This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v5.0.0.1) is shown here.

These similar methods exist in v6.1.7.7:

Rails::Command::Spellchecker#levenshtein_distance

levenshtein_distance(str1, str2) protected

This code is based directly on the Text gem implementation Returns a value representing the “cost” of transforming str1 into str2

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# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 282
      def self.levenshtein_distance str1, str2
        s = str1
        t = str2
        n = s.length
        m = t.length

        return m if (0 == n)
        return n if (0 == m)

        d = (0..m).to_a
        x = nil

        # avoid duplicating an enumerable object in the loop
        str2_codepoint_enumerable = str2.each_codepoint

        str1.each_codepoint.with_index do |char1, i|
          e = i+1

          str2_codepoint_enumerable.with_index do |char2, j|
            cost = (char1 == char2) ? 0 : 1
            x = [
                 d[j+1] + 1, # insertion
                 e + 1,      # deletion
                 d[j] + cost # substitution
                ].min
            d[j] = e
            e = x
          end

          d[m] = x
        end

        x
      end

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