levenshtein_distance - compute Levenshtein distance of two strings
SYNOPSIS
int levenshtein_distance(string a, string b)
DESCRIPTION
Computes the Levenshtein distance between strings a and b,
which is the number of insertions, deletions, or replacements
necessary to transform one to the other. For more information,
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance.
EXAMPLE
> eval -b levenshtein_distance("kitten", "mittens")
[Integer] 2
> eval -b levenshtein_distance("terrible", "tortuous")
[Integer] 6
> eval -b levenshtein_distance("terrible", "tribble")
[Integer] 2
> eval -b levenshtein_distance("know", "nkow")
[Integer] 2
SEE ALSO
damerau_levenshtein_distance(sefun), regexp(efun)
