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fuzzysearch
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fuzzysearch is useful for finding approximate subsequence matches
* Free software: MIT license
* Documentation: http://fuzzysearch.rtfd.org.
Features
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* Fuzzy sub-sequence search: Find parts of a sequence which match a given
sub-sequence up to a given maximum Levenshtein distance.
* Set individual limits for the number of substitutions, insertions and/or
deletions allowed for a near-match.
* Includes optimized implementations for specific use-cases, e.g. only allowing
substitutions in near-matches.
Simple Example
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You can usually just use the `find_near_matches()` utility function, which
chooses a suitable fuzzy search implementation according to the given
parameters:
.. code:: python
>>> from fuzzysearch import find_near_matches
>>> find_near_matches('PATTERN', 'aaaPATERNaaa', max_l_dist=1)
[Match(start=3, end=9, dist=1)]
Advanced Example
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If needed you can choose a specific search implementation, such as
`find_near_matches_with_ngrams()`:
.. code:: python
>>> sequence = '''\
GACTAGCACTGTAGGGATAACAATTTCACACAGGTGGACAATTACATTGAAAATCACAGATTGGTCACACACACA
TTGGACATACATAGAAACACACACACATACATTAGATACGAACATAGAAACACACATTAGACGCGTACATAGACA
CAAACACATTGACAGGCAGTTCAGATGATGACGCCCGACTGATACTCGCGTAGTCGTGGGAGGCAAGGCACACAG
GGGATAGG'''
>>> subsequence = 'TGCACTGTAGGGATAACAAT' #distance 1
>>> max_distance = 2
>>> from fuzzysearch import find_near_matches_with_ngrams
>>> find_near_matches_with_ngrams(subsequence, sequence, max_distance)
[Match(start=3, end=24, dist=1)]
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