# Re: Mini quiz (Was: Detecting similar strings)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mini-quiz-was-detecting-similar-strings/100817>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mini-quiz-was-detecting-similar-strings/100817 "2006-08-01T10:42:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mini-quiz-was-detecting-similar-strings/100817/1 "2006-08-01T10:42:34Z")

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> You know, there are lots of implementations [of the Levenstein distance]  
> there, but the \>Ruby one seems to be missing 🙂

That’s not true: there is one in Hal F.'s book “the Ruby Way” -  
it’s  
available  
online via Safari  
\_[O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](http://safari.oreilly.com/search_) ([O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](http://safari.oreilly.com/search))

Best regards,

Axel

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-mini-quiz-was-detecting-similar-strings/100817/2 "2006-08-01T10:45:56Z")

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Axel:

> > You know, there are lots of implementations [of the Levenstein  
> > distance]  
> > there, but the \>Ruby one seems to be missing 🙂
> 
> That’s not true: there is one in Hal F.'s book “the Ruby Way” -  
> it’s  
> available  
> online via Safari  
> \_[O'Reilly Media - Technology and Business Training](http://safari.oreilly.com/search_) ([http://safari.oreilly.com/search](http://safari.oreilly.com/search))

It’s missing from wikipedia though.