@ashgoel Thanks for the reply. Any web link or book / chapter from which I can read more about the nearest word finding approach using trie you mentioned?
Thanks in advance. Sourav On Jul 4, 11:12 am, ashgoel <ashg...@gmail.com> wrote: > bloom filters are used for approx matches, however, if you want the > nearest word finding, and a dictionary is available, may be a trie, > then till there is a match move, into the trie down, however if there > is a mismatch, calculate the levenstein distan with the rest of the > characters in the pattern and the down strings within the trie and > list down the lowst distance words > > On Jul 4, 8:40 am, souravsain <souravs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi All > > > I am looking for an algorithm for approximate string matching problem. > > This is a common known problem and I do have one from Steven S Skiena > > in his book Algorithm Design Manual [Chapter 8]. Link / guide to any > > other good algorithm will be of great help.[Please don't send results > > of google search. Looking for some source where member has read and > > used / liked it] > > > For those who are not familiar to this problem, it gives me a list of > > possible words from known dictionary of words, if I type type a word > > with some spelling mistake. Like I type "peple" and it should give me > > "people","peble","purple" etc..... > > > Thanks, > > Sourav- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algoge...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.