StringExtensionsLevenshteinNormalized Method (String, String)

Returns the normalized Levenshtein distance between source and pattern.

Namespace: SphinxConnector.FluentApi.Util
Assembly: SphinxConnector (in SphinxConnector.dll) Version: 5.3.0

Syntax

public static float LevenshteinNormalized(
	this string source,
	string pattern
)

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function LevenshteinNormalized ( 
	source As String,
	pattern As String
) As Single

Parameters

source: Type: SystemString
The source string.
pattern: Type: SystemString
The pattern string.

Return Value

Type: Single
The normalized Levenshtein distance, i.e. a value between 0.0 and 1.0 where 0.0 means source and pattern are equal and 1.0 representing the maximum difference.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type String. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

Supported with Manticore Search 4.0.2 and up.

Reference

StringExtensions Class

LevenshteinNormalized Overload

SphinxConnector.FluentApi.Util Namespace

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