fuzzyfinder¶

Fuzzy Finder implemented in Python. Matches partial string entries from a list of strings. Works similar to fuzzy finder in SublimeText and Vim’s Ctrl-P plugin.

Documentation: https://fuzzyfinder.readthedocs.org.
Source: https://github.com/amjith/fuzzyfinder

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amjith/fuzzyfinder/master/screenshots/pgcli-fuzzy.gif

Quick Start¶

$ pip install fuzzyfinder

or

$ easy_install fuzzyfinder

Usage¶

>>> from fuzzyfinder import fuzzyfinder

>>> suggestions = fuzzyfinder('abc', ['abcd', 'defabca', 'aagbec', 'xyz', 'qux'])

>>> list(suggestions)
['abcd', 'defabca', 'aagbec']

Features¶

Simple, easy to understand code.
No external dependencies, just the python std lib.

How does it work¶

Blog post describing the algorithm: http://blog.amjith.com/fuzzyfinder-in-10-lines-of-python

Similar Projects¶

https://github.com/seatgeek/fuzzywuzzy - Fuzzy matching and auto-correction using levenshtein distance.