Name: Similarities Between Strings - Methods of string distances
Uploaded: 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z
Description: In the last chapter, we will shift gears away from regular expressions to understanding string distances. By calculating the differences of multiple strings, we can match those that are similar. This will help us to find duplicates even when they contain small errors like typos. This is an important part to record linkage where we combine datasets from multiple sources.