[READ-ONLY] Mirror of https://github.com/FoxxMD/string-sameness. Compare the sameness of two strings
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fix(leven): Use shorter length for score generation
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src/matchingStrategies/levenSimilarity.ts
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src/matchingStrategies/levenSimilarity.ts
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const distance = leven(longer, shorter);
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const diff = (distance / longer.length) * 100;
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// use the shorter length
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// because if we have more move/change operations than the length of the shortest string than we have two unique strings
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// and if we use the longer length the score actually gets *better* as the length gap gets larger (not what we want)
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// -- cap at 100% diff
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const diff = Math.min((distance / shorter.length) * 100, 100);
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return [distance, 100 - diff];
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}
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