fuzzy_genus_match: Fuzzy Matching of Nematode Genus Names
Description
This function performs fuzzy matching of nematode genus names against a reference database
using Levenshtein distance (edit distance) with case insensitivity.
Usage
fuzzy_genus_match(Query.genus, max_dist = 2, ...)
Value
A data frame containing:
Query.genus - Original query genus name
CorrectName - Matched genus name from reference
Distance - Edit distance between query and match
Additional columns - All columns from nematode.info for matched records
Arguments
Query.genus
A character vector of genus names to be matched against the reference
max_dist
Maximum allowed Levenshtein distance for matches (default = 2)