Source code for abydos.distance._sift4

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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"""abydos.distance.sift4.

The distance.sift4 module implements Sift4 approximate string distance
functions.
"""

from __future__ import division, unicode_literals

from six.moves import range


__all__ = ['dist_sift4', 'sift4_common', 'sift4_simplest', 'sim_sift4']


[docs]def sift4_simplest(src, tar, max_offset=5): """Return the "simplest" Sift4 distance between two terms. This is an approximation of edit distance, described in :cite:`Zackwehdex:2014`. :param str src: source string for comparison :param str tar: target string for comparison :param max_offset: the number of characters to search for matching letters :returns: the Sift4 distance according to the simplest formula :rtype: int >>> sift4_simplest('cat', 'hat') 1 >>> sift4_simplest('Niall', 'Neil') 2 >>> sift4_simplest('Colin', 'Cuilen') 3 >>> sift4_simplest('ATCG', 'TAGC') 2 """ if not src: return len(tar) if not tar: return len(src) src_len = len(src) tar_len = len(tar) src_cur = 0 tar_cur = 0 lcss = 0 local_cs = 0 while (src_cur < src_len) and (tar_cur < tar_len): if src[src_cur] == tar[tar_cur]: local_cs += 1 else: lcss += local_cs local_cs = 0 if src_cur != tar_cur: src_cur = tar_cur = max(src_cur, tar_cur) for i in range(max_offset): if not ((src_cur + i < src_len) or (tar_cur + i < tar_len)): break if (src_cur + i < src_len) and ( src[src_cur + i] == tar[tar_cur] ): src_cur += i local_cs += 1 break if (tar_cur + i < tar_len) and ( src[src_cur] == tar[tar_cur + i] ): tar_cur += i local_cs += 1 break src_cur += 1 tar_cur += 1 lcss += local_cs return round(max(src_len, tar_len) - lcss)
[docs]def sift4_common(src, tar, max_offset=5, max_distance=0): """Return the "common" Sift4 distance between two terms. This is an approximation of edit distance, described in :cite:`Zackwehdex:2014`. :param str src: source string for comparison :param str tar: target string for comparison :param max_offset: the number of characters to search for matching letters :param max_distance: the distance at which to stop and exit :returns: the Sift4 distance according to the common formula :rtype: int >>> sift4_common('cat', 'hat') 1 >>> sift4_common('Niall', 'Neil') 2 >>> sift4_common('Colin', 'Cuilen') 3 >>> sift4_common('ATCG', 'TAGC') 2 """ if not src: return len(tar) if not tar: return len(src) src_len = len(src) tar_len = len(tar) src_cur = 0 tar_cur = 0 lcss = 0 local_cs = 0 trans = 0 offset_arr = [] while (src_cur < src_len) and (tar_cur < tar_len): if src[src_cur] == tar[tar_cur]: local_cs += 1 is_trans = False i = 0 while i < len(offset_arr): ofs = offset_arr[i] if src_cur <= ofs['src_cur'] or tar_cur <= ofs['tar_cur']: is_trans = abs(tar_cur - src_cur) >= abs( ofs['tar_cur'] - ofs['src_cur'] ) if is_trans: trans += 1 elif not ofs['trans']: ofs['trans'] = True trans += 1 break elif src_cur > ofs['tar_cur'] and tar_cur > ofs['src_cur']: del offset_arr[i] else: i += 1 offset_arr.append( {'src_cur': src_cur, 'tar_cur': tar_cur, 'trans': is_trans} ) else: lcss += local_cs local_cs = 0 if src_cur != tar_cur: src_cur = tar_cur = min(src_cur, tar_cur) for i in range(max_offset): if not ((src_cur + i < src_len) or (tar_cur + i < tar_len)): break if (src_cur + i < src_len) and ( src[src_cur + i] == tar[tar_cur] ): src_cur += i - 1 tar_cur -= 1 break if (tar_cur + i < tar_len) and ( src[src_cur] == tar[tar_cur + i] ): src_cur -= 1 tar_cur += i - 1 break src_cur += 1 tar_cur += 1 if max_distance: temporary_distance = max(src_cur, tar_cur) - lcss + trans if temporary_distance >= max_distance: return round(temporary_distance) if (src_cur >= src_len) or (tar_cur >= tar_len): lcss += local_cs local_cs = 0 src_cur = tar_cur = min(src_cur, tar_cur) lcss += local_cs return round(max(src_len, tar_len) - lcss + trans)
[docs]def dist_sift4(src, tar, max_offset=5, max_distance=0): """Return the normalized "common" Sift4 distance between two terms. This is Sift4 distance, normalized to [0, 1]. :param str src: source string for comparison :param str tar: target string for comparison :param max_offset: the number of characters to search for matching letters :param max_distance: the distance at which to stop and exit :returns: the normalized Sift4 distance :rtype: float >>> round(dist_sift4('cat', 'hat'), 12) 0.333333333333 >>> dist_sift4('Niall', 'Neil') 0.4 >>> dist_sift4('Colin', 'Cuilen') 0.5 >>> dist_sift4('ATCG', 'TAGC') 0.5 """ return sift4_common(src, tar, max_offset, max_distance) / ( max(len(src), len(tar), 1) )
[docs]def sim_sift4(src, tar, max_offset=5, max_distance=0): """Return the normalized "common" Sift4 similarity of two terms. Normalized Sift4 similarity is the complement of normalized Sift4 distance: :math:`sim_{Sift4} = 1 - dist_{Sift4}`. :param str src: source string for comparison :param str tar: target string for comparison :param max_offset: the number of characters to search for matching letters :param max_distance: the distance at which to stop and exit :returns: the normalized Sift4 similarity :rtype: float >>> round(sim_sift4('cat', 'hat'), 12) 0.666666666667 >>> sim_sift4('Niall', 'Neil') 0.6 >>> sim_sift4('Colin', 'Cuilen') 0.5 >>> sim_sift4('ATCG', 'TAGC') 0.5 """ return 1 - dist_sift4(src, tar, max_offset, max_distance)
if __name__ == '__main__': import doctest doctest.testmod()