Fuzzy Search

The function finds substrings of a reference string that match a pattern string approximately

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Function fzsearch(r,p,n,case) finds the best or predetermined approximate matching between substrings of a string r (reference) and a string p (pattern). The Levenshtein distance is used as a measure of matching. Levenshtein distance is the minimum number of single-character substitutions, deletions and insertions required to convert string A to string B. It is possible to search both for case sensitive and insensitive.
Results of a search are a distance of matching and indices of the ends of reference substrings. For the best match, the function allows to determine also the substrings themselves.

Cite As

Eduard Polityko (2026). Fuzzy Search (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/66271-fuzzy-search), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: matlab-z

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0