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# leven [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/leven) |
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> Measure the difference between two strings<br> |
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> The fastest JS implementation of the [Levenshtein distance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance) algorithm |
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## Install |
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``` |
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$ npm install --save leven |
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## Usage |
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```js |
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const leven = require('leven'); |
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leven('cat', 'cow'); |
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//=> 2 |
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``` |
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## Benchmark |
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``` |
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$ npm run bench |
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``` |
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``` |
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401,487 op/s » leven |
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371,707 op/s » talisman |
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264,191 op/s » levenshtein-edit-distance |
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152,923 op/s » fast-levenshtein |
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57,267 op/s » levenshtein-component |
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19,915 op/s » levdist |
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21,802 op/s » ld |
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18,079 op/s » natural |
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11,761 op/s » levenshtein |
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``` |
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## Related |
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- [leven-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/leven-cli) - CLI for this module |
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## License |
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MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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