Try Soundex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex). Its for names but may get you started in the right direction.
~Max On 3/5/07, Chris Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm looking for an algorithm that will take two pieces of text as input > and return some comparison of those texts, and how similar they are to one > another. Ideally I would like it to return a number which would indicate > the level of similarity, but I can probably work with just about anything. > > Are there any good algorithms out there for doing this? Any help would be > much appreciated. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271627 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
