CalculateLevenshteinDistance (open)

Calculates the edit distance between two strings

Syntax

LOADLIB "wh::util/comparisons.whlib";

INTEGER FUNCTION CalculateLevenshteinDistance(STRING sourcestr, STRING targetstr)

Parameters

STRING sourcestr
STRING targetstr

Return value

INTEGER

Edit distance (delete = 1, add = 1, adjacent transposition = 1, substitution = 1)