/**

* # `simil.h`

* A Ratcliff-Obershelp style string matcher.

*

* The Ratcliff-Obershelp algorithm was presented in Dr Dobbs' Journal in

* the article _"Pattern Matching: The Gestalt Approach"_ by John W. Ratcliff

* and David E. Metzener in July 1988.

*

*

* ### License

*

* Author: Werner Stoop

* This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

* See http://unlicense.org/ for more details.

*

* ## API

*/

#ifndef SIMIL_H

#define SIMIL_H

#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)

extern "C" {

#endif

/**

* #### `int simil (const char *a, const char *b)`

* Tests the similarity of two strings `a` and `b` using the Ratcliff-Obershelp method.

*

* The return value is a value between 0 and 100 where 0 means that

* the two strings have nothing in common, and 100 means that they're exact

* matches.

*/

int simil (const char *a, const char *b);

/**

* #### `int isimil (const char *a, const char *b)`

* Tests the case-insensitive similarity of two strings a and b using

* the Ratcliff-Obershelp method.

*

* It copies the strings internally using `strdup()`, converts the copies

* to uppercase, and compares those.

*

* The return value is a value between 0 and 100 where 0 means that

* the two strings have nothing in common, and 100 means that they're exact

* matches. It may also return zero if the calls to `strdup()` fail.

*/

int isimil (const char *a, const char *b);

#if defined(__cplusplus) || defined(c_plusplus)

} /* extern "C" */

#endif

#endif /* SIMIL_H */