README.md

lev

Levenshtein distance function as C Extension for Python 3

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance

Install

python3 setup.py install

Use

>>> import levenshtein
>>> levenshtein.levenshtein("TEST","TESTS")
1
>>> levenshtein.levenshtein("DOG","DOGGOS")
3

Test

python3 -m unittest test_levenshtein.py