How fuzzy is get_close_matches() in difflib?
Steven D'Aprano
steve at REMOVEME.cybersource.com.au
Thu Nov 16 21:06:05 EST 2006
On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:40:49 -0800, John Henry wrote:
> I am just wondering what's with get_close_matches() in difflib. What's
> the magic? How fuzzy do I need to get in order to get a match?
Why don't you try it and see?
>>> from difflib import get_close_matches
>>> get_close_matches("appel", ["ape", "apple", "peach", "puppy"])
['apple', 'ape']
>>> import keyword as _keyword
>>> get_close_matches("wheel", _keyword.kwlist)
['while']
>>> get_close_matches("apple", _keyword.kwlist)
[]
>>> get_close_matches("accept", _keyword.kwlist)
['except']
Those example, by the way, come from here:
>>> help(get_close_matches)
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Steven
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