R: Get the best matched string from a list of candidates

lev_best_match {levitate}

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Get the best matched string from a list of candidates

Given an input string and multiple candidates, return the candidate with the best score as calculated by .fn.

lev_best_match(input, candidates, .fn = lev_ratio, ..., decreasing = TRUE)

`input`	A single string
`candidates`	One or more candidate strings to score
`.fn`	The scoring function to use, as a string or function object. Defaults to `lev_ratio()`.
`...`	Additional arguments to pass to `.fn`.
`decreasing`	If `TRUE` (the default), the candidate with the highest score is ranked first. If using a comparison `.fn` that computes distance rather than similarity, or if you want the worst match to be returned first, set this to `FALSE`.

A string

lev_best_match("bilbo", c("frodo", "gandalf", "legolas"))

[Package levitate version 0.2.0 Index]