From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-09-30T11:02:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Match a long string in Ruby despite a few typing errors


On Sep 29, 2009, at 13:23 , Ehsanul Hoque wrote:

>
> I'd like to match a string to another, and recognize the match even  
> if there are a few typing errors. These errors could include  
> omission of a letter/space/punctuation mark, an extra letter or a  
> mistyped letter. I don't require it to detect multiple errors in a  
> row, or in a single word. The string would be comparable to the  
> length of this paragraph, a little shorter, in case that matters
>
> I could come up with some basic implementation for this, but it  
> seems like a little too much to do for something like this. I was  
> wondering if there was a simple way to do this, a gem perhaps?

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