Fuzzy string matching like a boss.

• Python 2.4 or higher
• difflib

[Manual]

1. Download this: http://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy/zipball/master
2. Unzip that download.
3. run python setup.py install

python setup.py install

[GIT Clone]

In a directory of your choice, type:

git clone git://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy.git fuzzywuzzy python setup.py install

[With Pip]

Run:

pip install -e git+git://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy.git#egg=fuzzywuzzy

> from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz > from fuzzywuzzy import process

> fuzz.ratio("this is a test", "this is a test!") 96 

> fuzz.partial_ratio("this is a test", "this is a test!") 100 

> fuzz.ratio("fuzzy wuzzy was a bear", "wuzzy fuzzy was a bear") 90 > fuzz.token_sort_ratio("fuzzy wuzzy was a bear", "wuzzy fuzzy was a bear") 100 

> fuzz.token_sort_ratio("fuzzy was a bear", "fuzzy fuzzy was a bear") 84 > fuzz.token_set_ratio("fuzzy was a bear", "fuzzy fuzzy was a bear") 100 

> choices = ["Atlanta Falcons", "New York Jets", "New York Giants", "Dallas Cowboys"] > process.extract("new york jets", choices, limit=2) [('New York Jets', 100), ('New York Giants', 78)] > process.extractOne("cowboys", choices) ("Dallas Cowboys", 90) 

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