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    • Mathenay LankouM
      Mathenay Lankou
      last edited by Mathenay Lankou

      I have to compare a lot of strings and keep only distincts strings.
      No problem if there are many identical strings but sometimes I encounter a string that is nearly the same.
      My question : I propose to have a compare string option that gives for each string the percent of identical parts;

      Example:

      France
      Table
      Street
      England
      StreetView

      and we search for “Street”, so the result would be

      France 0%
      Table 0%
      Street 100%
      England 0%
      StreetView 50%

      I have to use this for finding similar streets. After I have to change the similar streets with the unique string. It is for having an index in a database.

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      • guy038G
        guy038
        last edited by

        Hello, @mathenay-lankou and All,

        Here is a regex solution :

        • Open your list of strings. For instance :
        France
        Table
        Street
        England
        StreetView
        
        • Open the Replace dialog ( Ctrl + H )

          • SEARCH (?-is)^(Street)$|(.*(?1).*)|(.+)

          • REPLACE $0(?1 100%)(?2 50%)(?3 0%)

          • Tick the Wrap around, preferably

          • Select the Regular expression search mode

          • Click on the Replace All button

        => You should get the expected list, below :

        France 0%
        Table 0%
        Street 100%
        England 0%
        StreetView 50%
        

        If I’m on the right way, I’ll explain you the regex details, next time ;-))

        Best Regards,

        guy038

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