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require 'open-uri'
# require 'nokogiri'
require 'pry'
PYRAMID = <<EOF.split("\n")
teal
echoi
beaker
honkers
cardinals
gulfstream
rubberducky
EOF
MUPPETS = File.read(File.expand_path('../muppets.txt', __FILE__)).split("\n").compact
MUPPETS.each(&:downcase!)
MUPPETS.each {|m| m.gsub!(/[^a-z]/i, '') }
def levenshtein_distance(s, t)
m = s.length
n = t.length
return m if n == 0
return n if m == 0
d = Array.new(m+1) {Array.new(n+1)}
(0..m).each {|i| d[i][0] = i}
(0..n).each {|j| d[0][j] = j}
(1..n).each do |j|
(1..m).each do |i|
d[i][j] = if s[i-1] == t[j-1] # adjust index into string
d[i-1][j-1] # no operation required
else
[ d[i-1][j]+1, # deletion
d[i][j-1]+1, # insertion
d[i-1][j-1]+1, # substitution
].min
end
end
end
d[m][n]
end
# doc = Nokogiri::HTML(open('http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muppets').read)
min = Float::INFINITY
while true
letters = PYRAMID.zip(PYRAMID.map {|i| rand(i.size) }).map {|row,i| row[i] }
word = letters.join
muppet = MUPPETS.sort_by {|m| levenshtein_distance(m, word) }[0]
dist = levenshtein_distance(muppet, word)
puts "#{word} (#{dist}): #{muppet}" or min = dist if dist <= min
end
binding.pry