| 1 | # leven
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| 3 | > Measure the difference between two strings using the [Levenshtein distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance) algorithm
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| 5 | ## Install
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| 7 | ```
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| 8 | $ npm install leven
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| 9 | ```
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| 11 | ## Usage
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| 13 | ```js
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| 14 | import leven from 'leven';
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| 16 | leven('cat', 'cow');
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| 17 | //=> 2
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| 18 | ```
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| 20 | ## Related
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| 22 | - [leven-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/leven-cli) - CLI for this module
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| 24 | ---
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| 26 | <div align="center">
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| 27 | <b>
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| 29 | </b>
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| 30 | <br>
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| 31 | <sub>
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| 33 | </sub>
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| 34 | </div>
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