Github user rxin commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/7214#discussion_r33885110 --- Diff: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringOperations.scala --- @@ -298,3 +299,34 @@ case class StringLength(child: Expression) extends UnaryExpression with ExpectsI override def prettyName: String = "length" } + +/** + * A function that return the Levenshtein distance between the two given strings. + */ +case class Levenshtein(left: Expression, right: Expression) extends BinaryExpression + with ExpectsInputTypes { + + override def inputTypes: Seq[AbstractDataType] = Seq(StringType, StringType) + + override def eval(input: InternalRow): Any = { + val leftValue = left.eval(input) + if (leftValue == null) { + null + } else { + val rightValue = right.eval(input) + if(rightValue == null) { + null + } else { + StringUtils.getLevenshteinDistance(leftValue.toString, rightValue.toString) + } + } + } + + override def genCode(ctx: CodeGenContext, ev: GeneratedExpressionCode): String = { + val stringUtils = classOf[StringUtils].getName + nullSafeCodeGen(ctx, ev, (res, left, right) => + s"$res = $stringUtils.getLevenshteinDistance($left.toString(), $right.toString());") + } + + override def dataType: DataType = IntegerType --- End diff -- can you move this right after inputTypes?
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