Hi, there's the levenshtein distance algorithm which will help you determine which string is one "edit" close to another (since all your strings are of length 3, then the distance will inevitably be a single replacement if of size one).
Don't know if that helps, anyway here's a compact functional implementation: https://gist.github.com/828413 2011/5/30 joshua-choi <rbysam...@gmail.com>: > Let's say that I have a set of strings, each three English letters > long. > > How can I determine which strings differ only at one location (e.g. > "xxe" and "xbe")? > > Right now, I'm writing a loop that sequentially compares every string > to every other string. I think that there's a better way, but I don't > know where to start. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en