// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT // file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at // http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 or the MIT license // , at your // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed // except according to those terms. use std::cmp; pub fn lev_distance(me: &str, t: &str) -> uint { if me.is_empty() { return t.chars().count(); } if t.is_empty() { return me.chars().count(); } let mut dcol: Vec<_> = (0..t.len() + 1).collect(); let mut t_last = 0; for (i, sc) in me.chars().enumerate() { let mut current = i; dcol[0] = current + 1; for (j, tc) in t.chars().enumerate() { let next = dcol[j + 1]; if sc == tc { dcol[j + 1] = current; } else { dcol[j + 1] = cmp::min(current, next); dcol[j + 1] = cmp::min(dcol[j + 1], dcol[j]) + 1; } current = next; t_last = j; } } dcol[t_last + 1] } #[test] fn test_lev_distance() { use std::char::{ from_u32, MAX }; // Test bytelength agnosticity for c in (0u32..MAX as u32) .filter_map(|i| from_u32(i)) .map(|i| i.to_string()) { assert_eq!(lev_distance(&c[..], &c[..]), 0); } let a = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n"; let b = "\nMary häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n"; let c = "Mary häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n"; assert_eq!(lev_distance(a, b), 1); assert_eq!(lev_distance(b, a), 1); assert_eq!(lev_distance(a, c), 2); assert_eq!(lev_distance(c, a), 2); assert_eq!(lev_distance(b, c), 1); assert_eq!(lev_distance(c, b), 1); }