class Bundler::SimilarityDetector
def levenshtein_distance(this, that, ins = 2, del = 2, sub = 1)
def levenshtein_distance(this, that, ins = 2, del = 2, sub = 1) # ins, del, sub are weighted costs return nil if this.nil? return nil if that.nil? dm = [] # distance matrix # Initialize first row values dm[0] = (0..this.length).collect {|i| i * ins } fill = [0] * (this.length - 1) # Initialize first column values (1..that.length).each do |i| dm[i] = [i * del, fill.flatten] end # populate matrix (1..that.length).each do |i| (1..this.length).each do |j| # critical comparison dm[i][j] = [ dm[i - 1][j - 1] + (this[j - 1] == that[i - 1] ? 0 : sub), dm[i][j - 1] + ins, dm[i - 1][j] + del, ].min end end # The last value in matrix is the Levenshtein distance between the strings dm[that.length][this.length] end