Find similarity between string inputs

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Smith
Smith on 5 Jul 2011
Commented: Bradley Stiritz on 27 Dec 2013
Hi, I have a file with some string inputs. I would like to find the similarity between the string inputs when i'm accessing one or more inputs at a time.Could anyone help me out with this problem.
Thanks in advance for your precious time Smith.
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Fangjun Jiang
Fangjun Jiang on 5 Jul 2011
You need to clarify your question.
Jan
Jan on 6 Jul 2011
What exactly is "similarity"?

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Jan
Jan on 6 Jul 2011
Perhaps you want the EditDistance: FEX:EditDist.
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Bradley Stiritz
Bradley Stiritz on 27 Dec 2013
Jan, thanks for this very apropos & helpful suggestion :)

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Harry MacDowel
Harry MacDowel on 6 Jul 2011
The function strcmp is a good start for you to study:-
http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/strcmp.html

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