Description
Jellyfish is a python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings.
Written by James Turk and Michael Stephens.
See https://github.com/jamesturk/jellyfish/graphs/contributors for contributors.
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README
Overview
jellyfish is a library for approximate & phonetic matching of strings.
Source: https://github.com/jamesturk/jellyfish
Documentation: https://jamesturk.github.io/jellyfish/
Issues: https://github.com/jamesturk/jellyfish/issues
Included Algorithms
String comparison:
- Levenshtein Distance
- Damerau-Levenshtein Distance
- Jaro Distance
- Jaro-Winkler Distance
- Match Rating Approach Comparison
- Hamming Distance
Phonetic encoding:
- American Soundex
- Metaphone
- NYSIIS (New York State Identification and Intelligence System)
- Match Rating Codex
Example Usage
>>> import jellyfish
>>> jellyfish.levenshtein_distance(u'jellyfish', u'smellyfish')
2
>>> jellyfish.jaro_distance(u'jellyfish', u'smellyfish')
0.89629629629629637
>>> jellyfish.damerau_levenshtein_distance(u'jellyfish', u'jellyfihs')
1
>>> jellyfish.metaphone(u'Jellyfish')
'JLFX'
>>> jellyfish.soundex(u'Jellyfish')
'J412'
>>> jellyfish.nysiis(u'Jellyfish')
'JALYF'
>>> jellyfish.match_rating_codex(u'Jellyfish')
'JLLFSH'