The most efficient JS implementation calculating the Levenshtein distance, i.e. the difference between two strings.
npm install js-levenshtein-esm
This is a fork of js-levenshtein
rewritten for ES module consumption.
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A very efficient JS implementation calculating the Levenshtein distance, i.e. the difference between two strings.
Based on Wagner-Fischer dynamic programming algorithm, optimized for speed and memory
- use a single distance vector instead of a matrix
- loop unrolling on the outer loop
- remove common prefixes/postfixes from the calculation
- minimize the number of comparisons
``
$ npm i -S js-levenshtein-esm
In Node:
`js
const levenshtein = require('js-levenshtein-esm');
levenshtein('kitten', 'sitting'); // 3
`
In the browser:
`js
import levenshtein from 'https://unpkg.com/js-levenshtein-esm/js-levenshtein.js';
levenshtein('kitten', 'sitting'); // 3
`
`
$ npm run test:perf
50 paragraphs, length max=500 min=240 avr=372.5
62 op/s � fast-levenshtein
143 op/s � js-levenshtein
140 op/s � js-levenshtein-esm
89 op/s � leven
92 op/s � levenshtein-edit-distance
100 op/s � talisman
100 sentences, length max=170 min=6 avr=57.5
1,304 op/s � fast-levenshtein
2,829 op/s � js-levenshtein
2,750 op/s � js-levenshtein-esm
1,780 op/s � leven
1,788 op/s � levenshtein-edit-distance
2,097 op/s � talisman
2000 words, length max=20 min=3 avr=9.5
1,952 op/s � fast-levenshtein
3,104 op/s � js-levenshtein
2,908 op/s � js-levenshtein-esm
2,351 op/s � leven
2,381 op/s � levenshtein-edit-distance
2,729 op/s � talisman
``
MIT