[R] string edit distance

[Prof Brian Ripley]

Does the code underlying agrep() do what you want?

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Thomas Hills wrote:

> I have a column of words, for example
>
> "DOG"
> "DOOG"
> "GOD"
> "GOOD"
> "DOOR"
> ...
>
> and I am interested in creating a matrix that contains the string
> edit distances between each pair of words.  I am this close  -> '  '
> <-   to writing the algorithm myself (which will allow for different
> variations on the string edit rules, indels, plus or minus
> transpositions, and possibly some variations on that), but I figured
> I'd see if anyone on the list has any experience with this and might
> already have some shoulders for me to stand on.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas
>
>
> Thomas Hills Ph.D.
> Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
> Indiana University
> Bloomington, IN 47405
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