note 53562 added to function.levenshtein

From: Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:44:55 +0000
Subject: note 53562 added to function.levenshtein
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//levenshtein for arrays function array_levenshtein($array1,$array2) { $aliases= array_flip(array_values(array_unique(array_merge($array1,$array2)))); if(count($aliases)>255) return -1; $stringA=''; $stringB=''; foreach($array1 as $entry) $stringA.=chr($aliases[$entry]); foreach($array2 as $entry) $stringB.=chr($aliases[$entry]); return levenshtein($stringA,$stringB); } // e.g. use array_levenshtein to detect special expressions in unser-inputs echo array_levenshtein(split(" ", "my name is xxx"), split(" ","my name is levenshtein")); //output: 1 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.levenshtein.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+53562 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53562&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53562&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53562&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53562&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+53562&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+53562&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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