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The query below finds the record which sounds like the name 'Damian Hurst'. For example, the Soundex representations of 'flower' and 'flour' are both F460. Soundex works by converting strings into four letter codes which describe how they sound. Its origins go back over 100 years - it was first patented in 1918 and was used in the 20th century for analysing US census data. One example is an algorithm called Soundex. You can enable it with the following command: CREATE EXTENSION fuzzystrmatch Postgres comes with an extension that lets you make use of some of these algorithms. By comparing these shortened codes, it is possible to fuzzy match strings which are spelled differently but sound alike.

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The code contains the key information about how the string should sound if read aloud. These are algorithms which use sets of rules to represent a string using a short code. WHERE 'Cadinsky' % ANY(STRING_TO_ARRAY(name,' ')) The output gives two rows, including Vasily KandinskyĪnother approach to fuzzy string matching comes from a group of algorithms called phonetic algorithms.

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The next query uses Postgres' STRING_TO_ARRAY function to split the artists' full names into arrays of separate names. The % operator lets you compare against elements of an array, so you can match against any part of the name. Perhaps you only have an idea of one part of the name. WHERE name % 'Andrey Deran' The output gives two artists, including one Andre Derain You can use the % operator in this case as shorthand for fuzzy matching names against a potential match: SELECT LIMIT 5 The closest match is Lee Krasner, followed by Lee Chesney ORDER BY SIMILARITY(name,'Lee Casner') DESC Perhaps you want to see the top five matches? SELECT WHERE SIMILARITY(name,'Claud Monay') > 0.4 The output is Claude Monet (with the correct spelling!) This allows for fuzzy matching, by setting a similarity threshold above which strings are considered to match. " h", " he", "hel", "ell", "llo", "lo "īy comparing how similar the set of trigrams are between two strings, it is possible to estimate how similar they are on a scale between 0 and 1.For example, the string "hello" would be represented by the following set of trigrams: Trigrams are formed by breaking a string into groups of three consecutive letters. The underlying principle is the use of trigrams (which sound like something out of Harry Potter). This extension brings with it some helpful functions for fuzzy string matching. You can enable it from psql using the command below: CREATE EXTENSION pg_trgm Luckily, Postgres has a helpful extension with the catchy name pg_trgm. If everything has worked so far, you should be able to start querying the artists table. Now, create a table called artists: CREATE TABLE artists (įinally, you can use Postgresql's COPY function to copy the contents of artists.csv into the table: COPY artists FROM '~/Downloads/artists.csv' DELIMTER ',' CSV HEADER Next, you can start psql (a terminal-based front end for Postgresql): $ psql fuzz-demo

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You can download the artists.csv file from Kaggle. From the command line: $ mkdir fuzz-demo & cd fuzz-demoįor this demo, I used a table with details about artists in the Museum of Modern Art.

Then, create a new database in its own directory (you can call it anything you like, here, I called it 'fuzz-demo'). Setting upįirst, make sure you have Postgres installed on your machine. Today, we'll explore some options available in Postgresql (or 'Postgres') - a widely used open source SQL dialect with some seriously useful add-on features. There are solutions available in many different programming languages. Instead, they allow some degree of mismatch (or 'fuzziness'). The 'fuzzy' refers to the fact that the solution does not look for a perfect, position-by-position match when comparing two strings.

The generic name for these solutions is 'fuzzy string matching'. All these different variations for just one string - matching them against each other programmatically might not seem obvious. Amongst other variants, my name can be represented by:Īnd that's not to mention alternative spellings of my surname, such as "Gleason". I go by Peter in some places, Pete in others. Your application needs to be capable of handling these inevitable edge-cases.

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Whatever the cause, from a practical point of view, different variants of similar strings can pose challenges for software developers. It's a fact - people make typos or simply use alternate spellings on a frequent basis.