# NOT RUN {
# lets see which sci-fi heroes are stringdistantly nearest
amatch("leia",c("uhura","leela"),maxDist=5)
# we can restrict the search
amatch("leia",c("uhura","leela"),maxDist=1)
# we can match each value in the find vector against values in the lookup table:
amatch(c("leia","uhura"),c("ripley","leela","scully","trinity"),maxDist=2)
# setting nomatch returns a different value when no match is found
amatch("leia",c("uhura","leela"),maxDist=1,nomatch=0)
# this is always true if maxDist is Inf
ain("leia",c("uhura","leela"),maxDist=Inf)
# Let's look in a neighbourhood of maximum 2 typo's (by default, the OSA algorithm is used)
ain("leia",c("uhura","leela"), maxDist=2)
# }
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