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Get the percentage of similar words between two texts. This function returns a score from 0 to 100 and an array of words in common between the two.
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function similarity(text1, text2) { | |
text1 = text1.split(/\s+/); | |
text2 = text2.split(/\s+/); | |
let wordsInCommon = []; | |
let similarWordCount = 0; | |
for (var i = 0; i < text1.length; i++) { | |
let word = text1[i]; | |
if (text2.includes(word)) { | |
similarWordCount++; | |
if (!wordsInCommon.includes(word)) { | |
wordsInCommon.push(word); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
for (var i = 0; i < text2.length; i++) { | |
let word = text2[i]; | |
if (text1.includes(word)) { | |
similarWordCount++; | |
if (!wordsInCommon.includes(word)) { | |
wordsInCommon.push(word); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return { | |
score: Math.floor(similarWordCount / (text1.length + text2.length) * 100), | |
wordsInCommon | |
} | |
} |
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