RosettaCodeData/Task/Levenshtein-distance/JavaScript/levenshtein-distance-1.js

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JavaScript

function levenshtein(a, b) {
var t = [], u, i, j, m = a.length, n = b.length;
if (!m) { return n; }
if (!n) { return m; }
for (j = 0; j <= n; j++) { t[j] = j; }
for (i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
for (u = [i], j = 1; j <= n; j++) {
u[j] = a[i - 1] === b[j - 1] ? t[j - 1] : Math.min(t[j - 1], t[j], u[j - 1]) + 1;
} t = u;
} return u[n];
}
// tests
[ ['', '', 0],
['yo', '', 2],
['', 'yo', 2],
['yo', 'yo', 0],
['tier', 'tor', 2],
['saturday', 'sunday', 3],
['mist', 'dist', 1],
['tier', 'tor', 2],
['kitten', 'sitting', 3],
['stop', 'tops', 2],
['rosettacode', 'raisethysword', 8],
['mississippi', 'swiss miss', 8]
].forEach(function(v) {
var a = v[0], b = v[1], t = v[2], d = levenshtein(a, b);
if (d !== t) {
console.log('levenstein("' + a + '","' + b + '") was ' + d + ' should be ' + t);
}
});