'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance Public Function EditDistance(s, t, Optional costIns As Integer = 1, Optional costDel As Integer = 1, Optional costSub As Integer = 1) As Integer 'declaration, d(i,j) will hold the Levenshtein distance between 'the first i chars of s and the first j chars ot t Static d(0 To EDIT_DISTANCE_CACHE, 0 To EDIT_DISTANCE_CACHE) As Integer 'initialization, note that (m+1)*(n+1) distances is used m = Len(s): n = Len(t) For x = 0 To m For y = 0 To n d(x, y) = 0 Next y Next x 'source prefixes can be transformed into empty string by dropping all chars For i = 1 To m d(i, 0) = i * costDel Next i 'target prefixes can be reached from empty source prefix by inserting every chars For j = 1 To n d(0, j) = j * costIns Next j For j = 1 To n For i = 1 To m If Mid(s, i, 1) = Mid(t, j, 1) Then d(i, j) = d(i - 1, j - 1) Else d(i, j) = WorksheetFunction.Min( _ d(i - 1, j) + costDel, _ d(i, j - 1) + costIns, _ d(i - 1, j - 1) + costSub) End If Next i Next j EditDistance = d(m, n) End Function
Example of workbook already enabled:
1. JSON
2. XmlHttp (via usage of API for Geocoding)
3. Geo Distance Calculation From Lng & Lat
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