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Re: fstrcmp



On Sunday 31 May 2009 03:49:37 Peter Miller wrote:
[...]
>This goes for packages as well.  Wouldn't it be great if
>
>    apt-get install dns-utils
>
>instead of saying
>
>    E: Couldn't find package dns-utils
>
>it said something more useful, like
>
>    E: Couldn't find package dns-utils, did you mean dnsutils instead?

It is naive to think matching algorithm iterates on all items until it 
find the correct one. At least, algorithm use a sorted index with a 
dichotomy search. 

Nevertheless, your idea is interesting. But you should implement a 
function to match the nearest string in a set of strings. Take a look in 
spell checking libraries to have an idea how to implement it.


-- 
Jérôme Pouiller (jezz AT sysmic DOT org)


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