25 lines
814 B
Go
25 lines
814 B
Go
package didyoumean
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import (
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"github.com/agext/levenshtein"
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)
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// NameSuggestion tries to find a name from the given slice of suggested names
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// that is close to the given name and returns it if found. If no suggestion
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// is close enough, returns the empty string.
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//
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// The suggestions are tried in order, so earlier suggestions take precedence
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// if the given string is similar to two or more suggestions.
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//
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// This function is intended to be used with a relatively-small number of
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// suggestions. It's not optimized for hundreds or thousands of them.
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func NameSuggestion(given string, suggestions []string) string {
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for _, suggestion := range suggestions {
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dist := levenshtein.Distance(given, suggestion, nil)
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if dist < 3 { // threshold determined experimentally
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return suggestion
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}
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}
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return ""
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}
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