String comparison algorithm (likeness)

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9/21/2010 1:00:52 AM

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Compare strings. How much alike are 2 strings. Pseudo semantic analysis. Levenshtein distance.

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dvhh
9/21/2010 12:26:55 AM
thecomment system on the site is broken returned an error on a callback (didn't dig further )
however the wikipedia entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance) specifies some obvious optimization of the levenshtein distance algorithm
you can store only the current and previous row to minimize memory requirement. thus optimizing the memory allocation for your calculations:
http://pastebin.ca/1945598