RosettaCodeData/Task/Levenshtein-distance/Ruby/levenshtein-distance-2.rb
2015-02-20 00:35:01 -05:00

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def levenshtein_distance(str1, str2)
n = str1.length
m = str2.length
max = n/2
return m if 0 == n
return n if 0 == m
return n if (n - m).abs > max
d = (0..m).to_a
x = nil
str1.each_char.with_index do |char1,i|
e = i+1
str2.each_char.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
%w{kitten sitting saturday sunday rosettacode raisethysword}.each_slice(2) do |a, b|
puts "distance(#{a}, #{b}) = #{levenshtein_distance(a, b)}"
end