fuzzy.h File Reference

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Detailed Description

Functions to compute likelihood of two file names being the same file.

Author:

Vidar Madsen

Date:

2002

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Defines
#define	FUZZY_SHIFT   10
	FUZZY_SHIFT is used to shift the real score to gain extra precision in favour of using float.
Functions
gulong	fuzzy_compare (const char *str1, const char *str2)

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Define Documentation

#define FUZZY_SHIFT   10

FUZZY_SHIFT is used to shift the real score to gain extra precision in favour of using float.

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Function Documentation

gulong fuzzy_compare (  const char *  str1, const char *  str2 )

Returns: the similarity of both strings as a value between 0 and (1 << FUZZY_SHIFT). Attention: NB: The result will be bogus for strings larger than 1 << (BIT_LENGTH_OF_GULONG - (FUZZY_SHIFT + 2)) chars.

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