Fuzzywuzzy and Python

What's fuzzywuzzy?

It's a string matching module. A string is variable that can store (and modify) text. It uses Levenshtein Distance to calculate the differences between sequences in a simple-to-use package.

Fuzzy string matching like a boss.
How to get started? First you should know Python programming.

pip install fuzzywuzzy

Then you can use it like this:

#!/usr/bin/python3
from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
from fuzzywuzzy import process

r = fuzz.ratio("this is a test", "this is a test!")
print(r)

r = fuzz.ratio("fuzzy wuzzy was a bear", "wuzzy fuzzy was a bear")
print(r)

This outputs the ratio:

97
91

You can run this from the interpreter:

>>> fuzz.ratio("this is a test", "this is a test!")
    97

Another example of fuzzywuzzy:

>>> from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
>>> fuzz.ratio("this is a test","a test this is")
50

Related links:

• Fuzzywuzzy module
• Learn Python