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MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)

 

STR.FindBestMatch

Find the best match for a given string in a list of strings using Levenshtein distance, return a number.

 

 

Intention

 

The STR.FindBestMatch command is used to find the closest matching string in a list of strings to a given string.

The command uses the Levenshtein distance algorithm for string comparison.

The result will be the number corresponding to the best match in the list or -1 if an error occurs.

The result will be placed in an optional variable P3 or on TOS if the variable is omitted.

 

 

Syntax

 

 

STR.FindBestMatch|P1|P2[|P3]

STR.FBM|P1|P2[|P3]

 

 

 

Parameter Explanation

 

•P1 - (List, Text) Variable containing a comma or semicolon-separated list of strings. Each string can optionally start with a numeric value between 0 and 9999, followed by either a "." or a "-" and any number of spaces. The numeric value can be missing.

•P2 - (Target, Text) Variable containing the string to compare against the list.

•P3 - (Output, Numeric) Optional variable to store the result. If omitted, the result is placed on TOS.

 

 

 

 

Example

 

'*************************************

' STR.FindBestMatch

'*************************************

VAR.$$LIS="1. apple,2. orange,3. banana"

VAR.$$TAR="orenge"

STR.FindBestMatch|$$LIS|$$TAR|$$RES

DBP.Best Match: $$RES

' Result is 2

ENR.

 

 

 

 

 

Remarks

 

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Limitations:

 

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See also:

 

•     1.5.2 Working with Text-Strings

•     VAR. - Variable Set Value/Clear

•     VAS. - Variable with String

•     RPL. - RePLace in String

•     IVS. / NVS. - If-Variable-String

•     GSS. - GetSplitString

•     GFS. - Get-Filtered-String

•     GES. - Get-Extracted-String

•     SBD. - String between Delimiter

•     SBM. - String between Delimiter-Multiple

•     FEM. - For Each Member

•     LEN. - Length-of-String