qinyugwu / py-editdist

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"editdist" is a CPython module that calculates the Levenshtein edit
distance between two strings. 

To install, use the standard Python distutils incantation:

	python setup.py build
	python setup.py install

Regression tests are in the test.py file.

py-editdist is licensed under a ISC/BSD licence. See the LICENSE file
for details.

Please report bugs to Damien Miller <[e-mail]>. Please check the
TODO file first, in case your problem is something I already know about
(please send patches!)

A simple example that demonstrates the module:

	import editdist

	# Calculate an edit distance
	d = editdist.distance("abcd", "abcef")

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