---
name: "Text::LevenshteinXS"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtext-levenshteinxs-perl"
version: "0.03-5+b4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Text::LevenshteinXS"
---

# Text::LevenshteinXS(3pm)

An XS implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance

## NAME

Text::LevenshteinXS - An XS implementation of the Levenshtein edit distance

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use Text::LevenshteinXS qw(distance);
 print distance("foo","four");
 # prints "2"
 print distance("foo","bar");
 # prints "3"
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements the Levenshtein edit distance in a XS way.

The Levenshtein edit distance is a measure of the degree of proximity between two strings. This distance is the number of substitutions, deletions or insertions ("edits")  needed to transform one string into the other one (and vice versa). When two strings have distance 0, they are the same. A good point to start is: \<http://www.merriampark.com/ld.htm\>

## CREDITS

All the credits go to Vladimir Levenshtein the author of the algorithm and to  Lorenzo Seidenari who made the C implementation \<http://www.merriampark.com/ldc.htm\>

## SEE ALSO

Text::Levenshtein , Text::WagnerFischer , Text::Brew , String::Approx

## AUTHOR

Copyright 2003 Dree Mistrut \<*dree@friul.it*\> Modifications Copyright 2004 Josh Goldberg \<*josh@3io.com*\>

This package is free software and is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.  You can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the same terms as Perl itself.