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Computes the similarity of the prefixes of two strings based on their number of matching characters.

Usage

prefix_similarity(s1, s2, score_cutoff = 0L)

Arguments

s1

A string. The first input string.

s2

A string. The second input string.

score_cutoff

An optional minimum threshold for the similarity score. Defaults to 0.

Value

The prefix similarity as an integer.

Examples

prefix_similarity("abcdef", "abcxyz")
#> [1] 3
prefix_similarity("abcdef", "abcxyz", score_cutoff = 3)
#> [1] 3