Re: String comparisons

Rushika Pandya wrote:

> Can anyone think of a good way to compare two strings and rate how
> close
> they are to each other. For example:
> Ericsson Systems
> &
> Ericsosn Cystem
>
> You could give these two a rating of 5/16. The 5 indicates that they
> differ
> by 5 characters (s & o reversed (2), S & C (2), and missing s (1)) and
> the
> 16 is the length of the strings (average=16.5).

   You might try the SOUNDEX features. Received on Mon Dec 29 1997 - 00:00:00 CST