fooz/
lib.rs

1pub fn fuzzy_search<'a, T>(array: &'a [T], target: &str, tolerance: usize, extract: fn(&T) -> &str) -> Vec<&'a T> {
2    let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(array.len());
3
4    for item in array {
5        let item_str = extract(item);
6        if fuzzy_match(item_str, target, tolerance) {
7            results.push(item);
8        }
9    }
10
11    results
12}
13
14pub fn fuzzy_match(s1: &str, s2: &str, tolerance: usize) -> bool {
15    let len_diff = s1.len().abs_diff(s2.len());
16    if len_diff > tolerance {
17        return false;
18    }
19
20    let mut errors = len_diff;
21    let mut s1_iter = s1.chars();
22    let mut s2_iter = s2.chars();
23
24    while let (Some(c1), Some(c2)) = (s1_iter.next(), s2_iter.next()) {
25        if c1 != c2 {
26            errors += 1;
27            if errors > tolerance {
28                return false;
29            }
30        }
31    }
32
33    errors <= tolerance
34}