String Distance Matrix in Python using pdist

Question

How to calculate Jaro Winkler distance matrix of strings in Python?

I have a large array of hand-entered strings (names and record numbers) and I\'m trying to find d

Answer 1

Here's a concise solution that requires neither numpy nor scipy:

from Levenshtein import jaro_winkler
data = ['Bob','Carl','Kristen','Calr', 'Doug']
dm = [[ jaro_winkler(a, b) for b in data] for a in data]
print('\n'.join([''.join([f'{item:6.2f}' for item in row]) for row in dm]))

  1.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.53
  0.00  1.00  0.46  0.93  0.00
  0.00  0.46  1.00  0.46  0.00
  0.00  0.93  0.46  1.00  0.00
  0.53  0.00  0.00  0.00  1.00