> "Similar" is a rather vague description. Are you looking for overlap? > Length? Number of characters in the same location in each string? > Number of similar characters?
Good point, pardon my lack of clarity. I'm looking for matching text. It would essentially be identical to a plaguarism-checking algorithm, but I'd be using it for the opposite. Ultimately, I'm trying to see if a customer made minor edits to the text they entered, or if they changed the text completely. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271684 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
