get-translation/interface/vendor/backbone.paginator/plugins/levenshtein.js

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/*globals Backbone:true, _:true, jQuery:true*/
_.extend(Backbone.Paginator, {

  // Plugin for Backbone.Paginator that will compare strings using
  // the Levenshtein algorithm when filtering (instead of using a regexp match)

  levenshtein: function(s1, s2) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // + original by: Carlos R. L. Rodrigues (http://www.jsfromhell.com)
    // + bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // + revised by: Andrea Giammarchi (http://webreflection.blogspot.com)
    // + reimplemented by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // + reimplemented by: Alexander M Beedie
    // * example 1: levenshtein('Kevin van Zonneveld', 'Kevin van Sommeveld');
    // * returns 1: 3

    if (s1 == s2) {
      return 0;
    }

    var s1_len = s1.length;
    var s2_len = s2.length;
    if (s1_len === 0) {
      return s2_len;
    }
    if (s2_len === 0) {
      return s1_len;
    }

    // BEGIN STATIC
    var split = false;
    try{
      split=!('0')[0];
    } catch (e){
      split=true; // Earlier IE may not support access by string index
    }
    // END STATIC
    if (split){
      s1 = s1.split('');
      s2 = s2.split('');
    }

    var v0 = new Array(s1_len+1);
    var v1 = new Array(s1_len+1);

    var s1_idx=0, s2_idx=0, cost=0;
    for (s1_idx=0; s1_idx<s1_len+1; s1_idx++) {
      v0[s1_idx] = s1_idx;
    }
    var char_s1='', char_s2='';
    for (s2_idx=1; s2_idx<=s2_len; s2_idx++) {
      v1[0] = s2_idx;
      char_s2 = s2[s2_idx - 1];

      for (s1_idx=0; s1_idx<s1_len;s1_idx++) {
        char_s1 = s1[s1_idx];
        cost = (char_s1 == char_s2) ? 0 : 1;
        var m_min = v0[s1_idx+1] + 1;
        var b = v1[s1_idx] + 1;
        var c = v0[s1_idx] + cost;
        if (b < m_min) {
          m_min = b;
        }
        if (c < m_min) {
          m_min = c;
        }
        v1[s1_idx+1] = m_min;
      }
      var v_tmp = v0;
      v0 = v1;
      v1 = v_tmp;
    }
    return v0[s1_len];
  }

});