Does the code underlying agrep() do what you want? On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Thomas Hills wrote:
> I have a column of words, for example > > "DOG" > "DOOG" > "GOD" > "GOOD" > "DOOR" > ... > > and I am interested in creating a matrix that contains the string > edit distances between each pair of words. I am this close -> ' ' > <- to writing the algorithm myself (which will allow for different > variations on the string edit rules, indels, plus or minus > transpositions, and possibly some variations on that), but I figured > I'd see if anyone on the list has any experience with this and might > already have some shoulders for me to stand on. > > Thanks, > > Thomas > > > Thomas Hills Ph.D. > Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences > Indiana University > Bloomington, IN 47405 > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.