The following table lists and describes string distance functions in iWay DQS.
|
String Distance Function |
Description |
|---|---|
hamming(srcStr1, srcStr2 [, caseInsensitive]) |
Returns the Hamming distance between strings srcStr1 and srcStr2. |
levenshtein(srcStr1, srcStr2 [, maxDistance][, caseInsensitive]) |
Returns the Levenshtein distance between strings srcStr1 and srcStr2. |
editDistance(srcStr1, srcStr2 [, maxDistance] [, caseInsensitive]) |
Returns the edit distance between strings srcStr1 and srcStr2. |
soundex(srcStr) |
Returns the soundex value of the srcStr parameter. |
doubleMetaphone(srcStr), doubleMetaphone(srcStr, isAlternate) |
Encodes srcStr to a double metaphone primary string. Encodes srcStr to a double metaphone secondary string if the parameter isAlternate is TRUE. |
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