[fpc-announce] New entry in Free Pascal Contributed units. (StringComparison)

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The following entry was added to the Free Pascal contributed units:

Name         : StringComparison
Author       : André Cipriani Bandarra
Email        : andre at bandarra.org
Homepage     : http://www.bandarra.org/pascal/stringcomparison/
FTP site     : ftp://
Version      : 1.0
Date         : 2005-06-08
Category     : Miscellaneous
Supported OS : All
Description  :
This unit contains the TStringComparator class, which is used to compare two String and gives a grade between 0 and 1 for the equity. It implements the Jaro, Winkler, McLachlan and Lynch algoritms used by the American census.