audiobookshelf/server/utils/index.js

const levenshteinDistance = (str1, str2, caseSensitive = false) => {
  if (!caseSensitive) {
    str1 = str1.toLowerCase()
    str2 = str2.toLowerCase()
  }
  const track = Array(str2.length + 1).fill(null).map(() =>
    Array(str1.length + 1).fill(null));
  for (let i = 0; i <= str1.length; i += 1) {
    track[0][i] = i;
  }
  for (let j = 0; j <= str2.length; j += 1) {
    track[j][0] = j;
  }
  for (let j = 1; j <= str2.length; j += 1) {
    for (let i = 1; i <= str1.length; i += 1) {
      const indicator = str1[i - 1] === str2[j - 1] ? 0 : 1;
      track[j][i] = Math.min(
        track[j][i - 1] + 1, // deletion
        track[j - 1][i] + 1, // insertion
        track[j - 1][i - 1] + indicator, // substitution
      );
    }
  }
  return track[str2.length][str1.length];
}
module.exports.levenshteinDistance = levenshteinDistance