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polyfuzz.models.BaseMatcher

The abstract BaseMatching to be modelled after for string matching

match(self, from_list, to_list=None, **kwargs)

Show source code in models\_base.py

    @abstractmethod
    def match(self,
              from_list: List[str],
              to_list: List[str] = None,
              **kwargs) -> pd.DataFrame:
        """ Make sure you follow the same argument structure:

        Arguments:
            from_list: The list from which you want mappings
            to_list: The list where you want to map to

        Returns:
            matches: The best matches between the lists of strings
                     Columns:
                        * "From"
                        * "To"
                        * "Similarity"
        """
        raise NotImplementedError()

Make sure you follow the same argument structure:

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
from_list	List[str]	The list from which you want mappings	required
to_list	List[str]	The list where you want to map to	None

Returns

Type	Description
DataFrame	matches: The best matches between the lists of strings Columns: * "From" * "To" * "Similarity"