How to compare 2 strings and find the difference in percentage? [closed]

Answer 1

Something along the lines of

string str1 = "ðə ɻɛd fɑks ɪz hʌŋgɻi";
string str2 = "ðæt ɪt foks ɪn ðʌ sʌn ɻe͡i";

char[] str1Char = str1.ToCharArray();
char[] str2Char = str2.ToCharArray();

int matchCount = 0;
int unmatchedCount = 0;


for (int x = 0; x>= str1Char.Length || x >= str2Char; x++;)
{
   if (str1Char[x] == str2Char[x])
      matchCount++;
   else
      unmatchedCount++;
}

int longestString = str1Char.Length;
if (str2Char.Length > longestString )
    longestString = str2Char.Length;

int perc = (matchCount/longestString )*100;

this will fall over if the first string is shorter than the second but you get the jist

Answer 2

You should have tell what is your String Metric

Also, have a look in this How to find difference between two strings - C# question.

This will compare char by char, it is different than Llevenshtein Distance which is more common when comparing string differences.

void Main()
{
    string str1 = "ðə ɻɛd fɑks ɪz hʌŋgɻi";
    string str2 = "ðæt ɪt foks ɪn ðʌ sʌn ɻe͡i";
    Console.WriteLine(StringCompare(str1,str2)); //34.6153846153846
    Console.WriteLine(StringCompare("same","same")); //100
    Console.WriteLine(StringCompare("","")); //100
    Console.WriteLine(StringCompare("","abcd")); //0  
}

static double StringCompare(string a, string b)
{
    if (a == b) //Same string, no iteration needed.
        return 100;
    if ((a.Length == 0) || (b.Length == 0)) //One is empty, second is not
    {
        return 0;
    }
    double maxLen = a.Length > b.Length ? a.Length: b.Length;
    int minLen = a.Length < b.Length ? a.Length: b.Length;
    int sameCharAtIndex = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < minLen; i++) //Compare char by char
    {
        if (a[i] == b[i])
        {
            sameCharAtIndex++;
        }
    }
    return sameCharAtIndex / maxLen * 100;
}