Class JaroWinklerDistance

Similarity measure for short strings such as person names. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaro%E2%80%93Winkler_distance

Inheritance
System.Object
JaroWinklerDistance
Implements
Namespace: Lucene.Net.Search.Spell
Assembly: Lucene.Net.Suggest.dll
Syntax
public class JaroWinklerDistance : object, IStringDistance

Constructors

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JaroWinklerDistance()

Creates a new distance metric with the default threshold for the Jaro Winkler bonus (0.7)

Declaration
public JaroWinklerDistance()
See Also

Properties

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Threshold

Gets or sets the threshold used to determine when Winkler bonus should be used. The default value is 0.7. Set to a negative value to get the Jaro distance.

Declaration
public virtual float Threshold { get; set; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Single

Methods

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Equals(Object)

Declaration
public override bool Equals(object obj)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Object obj
Returns
Type Description
System.Boolean
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GetDistance(String, String)

Declaration
public virtual float GetDistance(string s1, string s2)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String s1
System.String s2
Returns
Type Description
System.Single
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GetHashCode()

Declaration
public override int GetHashCode()
Returns
Type Description
System.Int32
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ToString()

Declaration
public override string ToString()
Returns
Type Description
System.String

Implements