strings

truncate(s, length, ellipsis='...')

similarities(targets, reference)

Compute string similarity of each of a list of targets to a given reference string. Uses difflib.SequenceMatcher to compute similarity.

Parameters:

• reference – compare all strings to this one
• targets – list of targets to measure similarity of

Returns:

list of similarity values

sorted_by_similarity(targets, reference)

Return target list sorted by similarity to the reference string. See :func:similarities for similarity measurement.