Class: StringMetric::Levenshtein::Recursive

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/string_metric/levenshtein/recursive.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.distance(from, to, options = {}) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/string_metric/levenshtein/recursive.rb', line 6

def self.distance(from, to, options = {})
  max_distance      = options[:max_distance]
  insertion_cost    = options.fetch(:insertion_cost, 1)
  deletion_cost     = options.fetch(:deletion_cost, 1)
  substitution_cost = options.fetch(:substitution_cost, 1)

  if max_distance && (from.size - to.size).abs >= max_distance
    return max_distance
  end

  return 0 if from == to
  return to.size if from.size.zero?
  return from.size if to.size.zero?

  if from.chars.to_a.last == to.chars.to_a.last
    cost = 0
  else
    cost = substitution_cost
  end

  if max_distance
    return [distance(from.chop, to, options) + deletion_cost,
            distance(from, to.chop, options) + insertion_cost,
            distance(from.chop, to.chop, options) + cost,
            max_distance
           ].min
  else
    return [distance(from.chop, to, options) + deletion_cost,
            distance(from, to.chop, options) + insertion_cost,
            distance(from.chop, to.chop, options) + cost
           ].min

  end
end