Re: Comparing 2 similar strings?

2005-05-19 Thread Chris Croughton
On Fri, 20 May 2005 01:47:15 +1000, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 19 May 2005 14:09:32 +1000, John Machin wrote: > >> None of the other approaches make the mistake of preserving the first >> letter -- this alone is almost enough reason for jettisoning soundex. > > Off-

Re: Comparing 2 similar strings?

2005-05-19 Thread Chris Croughton
On Thu, 19 May 2005 06:38:59 +1000, John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 18 May 2005 15:06:53 -0500, Ed Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>William Park wrote: >> >>> How do you compare 2 strings, and determine how much they are "close" to >>> each other? Eg. >>> aqwerty