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Generate Levenshtein Distance

Synopsis​

This operator generates the Levenshtein distance between two nominal attributes. The Levenshtein distance is calculated as the number of changes needed to convert one string into the other. A common use case for using this metric is spell checking.

Input​

exa​

The input ExampleSet

Output​

out​

The resulting ExampleSet with the new distance.

ori​

The original ExampleSet.

Parameters​

First attribute for distance calculation​

The first attribute for distance calculation.

Second attribute for distance calculation​

The second attribute for distance calculation.