Compare strings and calculate scores, find the closest string by JS:
function compareTwoStrings(first: string, second: string) {
first = first.replace(/\s+/g, '')
second = second.replace(/\s+/g, '')
if (first === second) return 1; // identical or empty
if (first.length < 2 || second.length < 2) return 0; // if either is a 0-letter or 1-letter string
let firstBigrams = new Map();
for (let i = 0; i < first.length - 1; i++) {
const bigram = first.substring(i, i + 2);
const count = firstBigrams.has(bigram)
? firstBigrams.get(bigram) + 1
: 1;
firstBigrams.set(bigram, count);
};
let intersectionSize = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < second.length - 1; i++) {
const bigram = second.substring(i, i + 2);
const count = firstBigrams.has(bigram)
? firstBigrams.get(bigram)
: 0;
if (count > 0) {
firstBigrams.set(bigram, count - 1);
intersectionSize++;
}
}
return (2.0 * intersectionSize) / (first.length + second.length - 2);
}
function findBestMatch(mainString: string, targetStrings: string|any[]) {
if (!areArgsValid(mainString, targetStrings)) throw new Error('Bad arguments: First argument should be a string, second should be an array of strings');
const ratings = [];
let bestMatchIndex = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < targetStrings.length; i++) {
const currentTargetString = targetStrings[i];
const currentRating = compareTwoStrings(mainString, currentTargetString)
ratings.push({target: currentTargetString, rating: currentRating})
if (currentRating > ratings[bestMatchIndex].rating) {
bestMatchIndex = i
}
}
const bestMatch = ratings[bestMatchIndex]
return { ratings: ratings, bestMatch: bestMatch, bestMatchIndex: bestMatchIndex };
}
function areArgsValid(mainString: string, targetStrings: string|any[]) {
if (typeof mainString !== 'string') return false;
if (!Array.isArray(targetStrings)) return false;
if (!targetStrings.length) return false;
if (targetStrings.find( function (s) { return typeof s !== 'string'})) return false;
return true;
}
// Test:
console.log(compareTwoStrings("huy", "uyh"))
console.log(findBestMatch("huy", ["uyh", "hu", "hyu", "huy"]))