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Method LevenshteinDistanceTo

LevenshteinDistanceTo(String, String)

Returns an integer representing the Levenshtein distance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance) between two strings. Often used to detect typos or misspellings by checking for small distances.

Declaration
public static int LevenshteinDistanceTo(this string first, string second)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String first

The first string to compare.

System.String second

The second string to compare.

Returns
Type Description
System.Int32

A integer representing the Levenshtein distance between first and second.

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