setup-python/node_modules/leven/readme.md

leven

Measure the difference between two strings
The fastest JS implementation of the Levenshtein distance algorithm

Install

$ npm install --save leven

Usage

const leven = require('leven');

leven('cat', 'cow');
//=> 2

Benchmark

$ npm run bench

         401,487 op/s » leven
         371,707 op/s » talisman
         264,191 op/s » levenshtein-edit-distance
         152,923 op/s » fast-levenshtein
          57,267 op/s » levenshtein-component
          19,915 op/s » levdist
          21,802 op/s » ld
          18,079 op/s » natural
          11,761 op/s » levenshtein

Related

• leven-cli - CLI for this module

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus