Levenshtein distance

Supported in: Batch, Streaming

Compute the levenshtein distance between two strings.

Expression categories: Distance measurement, String

Declared arguments

• Ignore case - Do you want to ignore case when comparing the left and right strings?
  Literal<Boolean>
• Left - Left string to compare.
  Expression<String>
• Right - Right string to compare.
  Expression<String>

Output type: Integer

Examples

Example 1: Base case

Argument values:

• Ignore case: false
• Left: left
• Right: right

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Example 2: Base case

Description: By setting ignore case to true, letters of different case are treated as equal. Argument values:

• Ignore case: true
• Left: left
• Right: right

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Example 3: Null case

Argument values:

• Ignore case: false
• Left: left
• Right: right

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