string.similarity()

string.similarity(str1, str2)function

Calculate the similarity between two strings, using Levenshtein distance algorithm.

Parameters

str1

The first string to be evaluated for similiarity.

str2

The second string to be evaluated for similiarity with the previous one.

Return value

Returns a number between 0 (no similarity at all) and 100 (strings are the same)

Example


local word = "bird"

-- outputs 60
print("Similarity between 'bird' and 'bread' : "..word:similarity('bread'))