Fuzzy string matching like a boss.
- Python 2.4 or higher
- difflib
[Manual]
- Download this: http://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy/zipball/master
- Unzip that download.
- run python setup.py install
python setup.py install[GIT Clone]
In a directory of your choice, type:
git clone git://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy.git fuzzywuzzy
python setup.py install[With Pip]
Run:
pip install -e git+git://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy.git#egg=fuzzywuzzy> from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
> from fuzzywuzzy import process> fuzz.ratio("this is a test", "this is a test!")
96
> fuzz.partial_ratio("this is a test", "this is a test!")
100
> fuzz.ratio("fuzzy wuzzy was a bear", "wuzzy fuzzy was a bear")
90
> fuzz.token_sort_ratio("fuzzy wuzzy was a bear", "wuzzy fuzzy was a bear")
100
> fuzz.token_sort_ratio("fuzzy was a bear", "fuzzy fuzzy was a bear")
84
> fuzz.token_set_ratio("fuzzy was a bear", "fuzzy fuzzy was a bear")
100
> choices = ["Atlanta Falcons", "New York Jets", "New York Giants", "Dallas Cowboys"]
> process.extract("new york jets", choices, limit=2)
[('New York Jets', 100), ('New York Giants', 78)]
> process.extractOne("cowboys", choices)
("Dallas Cowboys", 90)
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