module.exports = function similar_text(first, second, percent) { // discuss at: https://locutus.io/php/similar_text/ // original by: RafaƂ Kukawski (https://blog.kukawski.pl) // bugfixed by: Chris McMacken // bugfixed by: Jarkko Rantavuori original by findings in stackoverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14136349/how-does-similar-text-work) // improved by: Markus Padourek (taken from https://www.kevinhq.com/2012/06/php-similartext-function-in-javascript_16.html) // example 1: similar_text('Hello World!', 'Hello locutus!') // returns 1: 8 // example 2: similar_text('Hello World!', null) // returns 2: 0 if (first === null || second === null || typeof first === 'undefined' || typeof second === 'undefined') { return 0 } first += '' second += '' let pos1 = 0 let pos2 = 0 let max = 0 const firstLength = first.length const secondLength = second.length let p let q let l let sum for (p = 0; p < firstLength; p++) { for (q = 0; q < secondLength; q++) { for (l = 0; p + l < firstLength && q + l < secondLength && first.charAt(p + l) === second.charAt(q + l); l++) { // @todo: ^-- break up this crazy for loop and put the logic in its body } if (l > max) { max = l pos1 = p pos2 = q } } } sum = max if (sum) { if (pos1 && pos2) { sum += similar_text(first.substr(0, pos1), second.substr(0, pos2)) } if (pos1 + max < firstLength && pos2 + max < secondLength) { sum += similar_text( first.substr(pos1 + max, firstLength - pos1 - max), second.substr(pos2 + max, secondLength - pos2 - max), ) } } if (!percent) { return sum } return (sum * 200) / (firstLength + secondLength) }