Jeff Kell ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : Does anyone have, know of, or have source code for a "fuzzy" string : match? Not just a phonetic key (Soundex), but rather one which could : tell you "how closely" two strings match? : Ideally it would be "sort of" like a spelling checker, but extended to : a string. Simple transpositional errors (2 letters reversed), spelling, : omitted substrings, etc., would be accounted for. Brings back memories... I wrote such a routine in '73 or so, and might be able to find it (I'll look). It was in Burroughs ALGOL. The algorithm was developed by me, and Steve Cooper, and a friend or two. It took into account transpositions, dropped characters, and near misses (e.g.: q instead of w on the keyboard). -- Stan Sieler [log in to unmask]