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  2. Approximate string matching - Wikipedia

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    The closeness of a match is measured in terms of the number of primitive operations necessary to convert the string into an exact match. This number is called the edit distance between the string and the pattern. The usual primitive operations are: [1] insertion: cot → coat; deletion: coat → cot; substitution: coat → cost

  3. String-searching algorithm - Wikipedia

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    A simple and inefficient way to see where one string occurs inside another is to check at each index, one by one. First, we see if there is a copy of the needle starting at the first character of the haystack; if not, we look to see if there's a copy of the needle starting at the second character of the haystack, and so forth.

  4. Numeric precision in Microsoft Excel - Wikipedia

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    Excel's storage of numbers in binary format also affects its accuracy. [3] To illustrate, the lower figure tabulates the simple addition 1 + x − 1 for several values of x. All the values of x begin at the 15 th decimal, so Excel must take them into account. Before calculating the sum 1 + x, Excel first approximates x as a binary number

  5. Wildcard character - Wikipedia

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    In SQL, wildcard characters can be used in LIKE expressions; the percent sign % matches zero or more characters, and underscore _ a single character. Transact-SQL also supports square brackets ([and ]) to list sets and ranges of characters to match, a leading caret ^ negates the set and matches only a character not within the list.

  6. Soundex - Wikipedia

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    Replace all consonants (include the first letter) with digits as in [2.] above. Replace all adjacent same digits with one digit, and then remove all the zero (0) digits; If the saved letter's digit is the same as the resulting first digit, remove the digit (keep the letter). Append 3 zeros if result contains less than 3 digits.

  7. The semifinals of the 12-team College Football Playoff are set, and no conference champions remain.. All four of the teams still alive in the playoff hosted games in the first round of the playoff ...

  8. The 9 contenders to replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day

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    Alex Scott would be a welcome presence on Match of the Day. The former Arsenal and England pro footballer’s broadcasting career has gone from strength to strength since she retired in 2017.

  9. sameAs - Wikipedia

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    It provides a bit more flexibility by including variations and additional terms within the search query. This match type covers search terms that include your targeted keyword phrase, along with other words before or after it. When a shopper searches for a keyword phrase containing your targeted phrase and other terms, your ad may appear.