MarkLogic Server 11.0 Product Documentationspell:levenshtein-distance
spell:levenshtein-distance( $str1 as xs:string, $str2 as xs:string ) as xs:integer
Summary
Given two strings, returns the Levenshtein distance between those strings. The Levenshtein distance is a measure of how many operations it takes to transform a string into another string, and it is useful in determining if a word is spelled correctly, or in simply comparing how "different" two words are.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| str1 | The first input string. |
| str2 | The second input string. |
Usage Notes
The spell:levenshtein-distance function is a built-in
function and does not require the import module statement
in the XQuery prolog.
The spell:levenshtein-distance function throws an exception
if one of the strings is 256 or more characters in length and the other
is at least 1 character in length.
Example
spell:levenshtein-distance("albatros","albetros")
=> 1
Example
spell:levenshtein-distance("cat", "cats")
=> 1