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= loose_tight_dictionary

Match things based on string similarity (using the Pair Distance algorithm) and regular expressions.

= Quickstart

    >> d = LooseTightDictionary.new %w(seamus andy ben)
    => [...]
    >> puts d.find 'Shamus Heaney'
    => 'seamus'

Try running the included example file:

    $ ruby examples/first_name_matching.rb 
    Left side (input)
    ====================
    Mr. Seamus
    Sr. Andy
    Master BenT

    Right side (output)
    ====================
    seamus
    andy
    ben

    Results
    ====================
    Left record (input)           Right record (output)         Prefix used (if any)          Score                         
    Mr. Seamus                    seamus                        NULL                          0.666666666666667             
    Sr. Andy                      andy                          NULL                          0.5                           
    Master BenT                   ben                           NULL                          0.2                           

= Improving dictionaries

Similarity matching will only get you so far.

    TODO: regex usage

== Note on Patches/Pull Requests
 
* Fork the project.
* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
  future version unintentionally.
* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
  (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

== Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010 Seamus Abshere. See LICENSE for details.

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
loose_tight_dictionary-0.0.10	README.rdoc