levenshtein_distance_and_similarity_ratio_calculation.py

1from Levenshtein import distance, ratio
2
3# Calculate the Levenshtein distance (number of edits)
4# result: 0 (identical strings)
5print(f"Distance: {distance('levenshtein', 'levenshtein')}")
6
7# result: 1 (one deletion)
8print(f"Distance: {distance('levenshtein', 'levenshtei')}")
9
10# result: 2 (one substitution, one insertion)
11print(f"Distance: {distance('levenshtein', 'lewenstein')}")
12
13# Calculate the Levenshtein ratio (similarity between 0 and 1)
14# result: 0.8571428571428571
15print(f"Ratio: {ratio('levenshtein', 'lewenstein')}")