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hoerdle/lib/fuzzyMatch.ts

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/**
* Fuzzy string matching utility for duplicate detection
* Uses Levenshtein distance to compare strings with tolerance for formatting variations
*/
/**
* Normalize a string for comparison
* - Converts to lowercase
* - Removes special characters
* - Normalizes whitespace
*/
function normalizeString(str: string): string {
return str
.toLowerCase()
.replace(/[^a-z0-9\s]/g, '') // Remove special chars
.replace(/\s+/g, ' ') // Normalize whitespace
.trim();
}
/**
* Calculate Levenshtein distance between two strings
* Returns the minimum number of single-character edits needed to change one string into the other
*/
function levenshteinDistance(a: string, b: string): number {
if (a.length === 0) return b.length;
if (b.length === 0) return a.length;
const matrix: number[][] = [];
// Initialize first column
for (let i = 0; i <= b.length; i++) {
matrix[i] = [i];
}
// Initialize first row
for (let j = 0; j <= a.length; j++) {
matrix[0][j] = j;
}
// Fill in the rest of the matrix
for (let i = 1; i <= b.length; i++) {
for (let j = 1; j <= a.length; j++) {
if (b.charAt(i - 1) === a.charAt(j - 1)) {
matrix[i][j] = matrix[i - 1][j - 1];
} else {
matrix[i][j] = Math.min(
matrix[i - 1][j - 1] + 1, // substitution
matrix[i][j - 1] + 1, // insertion
matrix[i - 1][j] + 1 // deletion
);
}
}
}
return matrix[b.length][a.length];
}
/**
* Check if two strings are similar based on Levenshtein distance
* @param str1 First string to compare
* @param str2 Second string to compare
* @param threshold Similarity threshold (0-1), default 0.85
* @returns true if strings are similar enough
*/
export function isSimilar(str1: string, str2: string, threshold = 0.85): boolean {
if (!str1 || !str2) return false;
const norm1 = normalizeString(str1);
const norm2 = normalizeString(str2);
// Exact match after normalization
if (norm1 === norm2) return true;
const distance = levenshteinDistance(norm1, norm2);
const maxLen = Math.max(norm1.length, norm2.length);
// Avoid division by zero
if (maxLen === 0) return true;
const similarity = 1 - (distance / maxLen);
return similarity >= threshold;
}
/**
* Check if a song (artist + title) is a duplicate of another
* Both artist AND title must be similar for a match
*/
export function isDuplicateSong(
artist1: string,
title1: string,
artist2: string,
title2: string,
threshold = 0.85
): boolean {
return isSimilar(artist1, artist2, threshold) && isSimilar(title1, title2, threshold);
}