[issue21344] save scores or ratios in difflib get_close_matches

2014-10-23 Thread Michael Ohlrogge
Michael Ohlrogge added the comment: This is my first time posting here, so apologies if I'm breaking rules. I'd like to put in a vote in favor of this patch to get the matching scores. I am a researcher at Stanford University using this tool to match up about 100,000 differen

[issue21344] save scores or ratios in difflib get_close_matches

2014-10-23 Thread Michael Ohlrogge
Michael Ohlrogge added the comment: Another way the scores could be useful would be to write an algorithm that would give you a number of possible answers based on the scores that you get. In other words, for example, perhaps if one of the possible matches has a score about .9, then it would