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Nematode (version 0.2.0)

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)

...

Additional parameters (currently unused)

Examples

Run this code
fuzzy_genus_match(c("Harterta", "Meloidogyne"))

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