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danny2785

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Does anybody know of a module or perhaps a method that takes two strings, and then returns something like a percentage of how similar they are? Thanks
 
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your question is a bit vague in that comparing similarities could mean any number of things, but here are some suggestions to get you started:

Text::Diff
Text::Compare
Algorithm::Diff
 
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