How to compare almost similar Strings in Java? (String distance measure)

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Answer 1

The following Java libraries offer multiple compare algorithms (Levenshtein,Jaro Winkler,...):

1. Apache Commons Lang 3: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/
2. Simmetrics: http://sourceforge.net/projects/simmetrics/

Both libraries have a java documentation (Apache Commons Lang Javadoc,Simmetrics Javadoc).

//Usage of Apache Commons Lang 3
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;   
public double compareStrings(String stringA, String stringB) {
    return StringUtils.getJaroWinklerDistance(stringA, stringB);
}

 //Usage of Simmetrics
import uk.ac.shef.wit.simmetrics.similaritymetrics.JaroWinkler    
public double compareStrings(String stringA, String stringB) {
    JaroWinkler algorithm = new JaroWinkler();
    return algorithm.getSimilarity(stringA, stringB);
}