StringDistances.jl/src/utils.jl

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# This type allows to compute length once and for all
struct StringWithLength{T <: AbstractString} <: AbstractString
s::T
l::Int
end
string_with_length(s::AbstractString) = StringWithLength(s, length(s))
Base.length(s::StringWithLength) = s.l
Base.iterate(s::StringWithLength, i::Integer = firstindex(s.s)) = iterate(s.s, i)
Base.nextind(s::StringWithLength, i::Int, n::Int = 1) = nextind(s.s, i, n)
Base.ncodeunits(s::StringWithLength) = ncodeunits(s.s)
Base.isvalid(s::StringWithLength, i::Int) = isvalid(s.s, i)
function reorder(s1::AbstractString, s2::AbstractString)
s1 = string_with_length(s1)
s2 = string_with_length(s2)
if length(s1) <= length(s2)
return s1, s2
else
return s2, s1
end
end
function common_prefix(s1::AbstractString, s2::AbstractString)
x1 = iterate(s1)
x2 = iterate(s2)
l = 0
while (x1 !== nothing) & (x2 !== nothing)
ch1, state1 = x1
ch2, state2 = x2
ch1 != ch2 && break
l += 1
x1 = iterate(s1, state1)
x2 = iterate(s2, state2)
end
return l, x1, x2
end