public List <ScraperMaster> LevenIteration(List <ScraperMaster> games, string searchStr)
{
int levCount = 0;
List <ScraperMaster> temp = new List <ScraperMaster>();
while (levCount <= 10)
{
levCount++;
double it = Convert.ToDouble(levCount) / 10;
List <ScraperMaster> found = FuzzySearch.FSearch(StripSymbols(searchStr.ToLower()), SearchCollection, it);
if (found.Count == 1)
{
return(found);
}
if (found.Count > 1)
{
// multiple entries returned
temp = new List <ScraperMaster>();
temp.AddRange(found);
}
if (found.Count == 0)
{
return(temp);
}
}
return(temp);
}
/// <summary>
/// Fuzzy string matching (not currently used)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="searchStr"></param>
/// <param name="manualIterator"></param>
private void StartFuzzySearch(string searchStr, int manualIterator)
{
// start iterator
if (manualIterator > 0)
{
}
else
{
LocalIterationCount++;
manualIterator = LocalIterationCount;
}
// setup fuzzystring options based on iteration
List <FuzzyStringComparisonOptions> fuzzOptions = new List <FuzzyStringComparisonOptions>();
FuzzyStringComparisonTolerance tolerance;
switch (manualIterator)
{
/* Iterations to widen the selection */
// first auto iteration - strong matching using substring, subsequence and overlap coefficient
case 1:
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseNormalizedLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubsequence);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroWinklerDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubstring);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseOverlapCoefficient);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseRatcliffObershelpSimilarity);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseSorensenDiceDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseTanimotoCoefficient);
tolerance = FuzzyStringComparisonTolerance.Normal;
break;
// second iteration - same as the first but with normal matching
case 2:
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseNormalizedLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubsequence);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroWinklerDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubstring);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseOverlapCoefficient);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseRatcliffObershelpSimilarity);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseSorensenDiceDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseTanimotoCoefficient);
tolerance = FuzzyStringComparisonTolerance.Normal;
break;
// 3rd auto iteration - same as the first but with weak matching
case 3:
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseNormalizedLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubsequence);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroWinklerDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubstring);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseOverlapCoefficient);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseRatcliffObershelpSimilarity);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseSorensenDiceDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseTanimotoCoefficient);
tolerance = FuzzyStringComparisonTolerance.Weak;
break;
/* Iterations to narrow down selection */
// first manual iteration
case 100:
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseNormalizedLevenshteinDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubsequence);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaccardDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseHammingDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseJaroWinklerDistance);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseLongestCommonSubstring);
//fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseOverlapCoefficient);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseRatcliffObershelpSimilarity);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseSorensenDiceDistance);
fuzzOptions.Add(FuzzyStringComparisonOptions.UseTanimotoCoefficient);
tolerance = FuzzyStringComparisonTolerance.Strong;
break;
default:
// end and return
return;
}
// iterate through each gamesdb game in the list
foreach (ScraperMaster g in SystemCollection)
{
bool result = searchStr.ApproximatelyEquals(g.GDBTitle, tolerance, fuzzOptions.ToArray());
if (result == true)
{
// match found - add to searchcollection
SearchCollection.Add(g);
}
else
{
// match not found
}
}
if (SearchCollection.Count == 1)
{
WorkingSearchCollection = SearchCollection;
return;
}
// Check whether the actual game name contains the actual search
//GDBPlatformGame gp = SystemCollection.Where(a => StripSymbols(a.GameTitle.ToLower()).Contains(searchStr)).FirstOrDefault();
List <ScraperMaster> gp = SystemCollection.Where(a => AddTrailingWhitespace(a.GDBTitle.ToLower()).Contains(AddTrailingWhitespace(SearchString))).ToList();
if (gp == null)
{
// nothing found - proceed to other searches
}
else
{
if (gp.Count > 1)
{
// multiples found - wipe out search collection and create a new one
SearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
SearchCollection.AddRange(gp);
}
else
{
// only 1 entry found - return
SearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
SearchCollection.AddRange(gp);
WorkingSearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
WorkingSearchCollection.AddRange(gp);
return;
}
}
// we should now have a pretty wide SearchCollection - count how many matched words
Dictionary <ScraperMaster, int> totals = new Dictionary <ScraperMaster, int>();
foreach (ScraperMaster g in SearchCollection)
{
int matchingWords = 0;
// get total substrings in search string
string[] arr = BuildArray(searchStr);
int searchLength = arr.Length;
// get total substrings in result string
string[] rArr = BuildArray(g.GDBTitle);
int resultLength = rArr.Length;
// find matching words
foreach (string s in arr)
{
int i = 0;
while (i < resultLength)
{
if (StripSymbols(s) == StripSymbols(rArr[i]))
{
matchingWords++;
break;
}
i++;
}
}
// add to dictionary with count
totals.Add(g, matchingWords);
}
// order dictionary
totals.OrderByDescending(a => a.Value);
// get max value
var maxValueRecord = totals.OrderByDescending(v => v.Value).FirstOrDefault();
int maxValue = maxValueRecord.Value;
// select all records that have the max value
List <ScraperMaster> matches = (from a in totals
where a.Value == maxValue
select a.Key).ToList();
if (matches.Count == 1)
{
// single match found
WorkingSearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
WorkingSearchCollection.AddRange(matches);
return;
}
// run levenshetein fuzzy search on SearchCollection - 10 iterations
int levCount = 0;
while (levCount <= 10)
{
levCount++;
double it = Convert.ToDouble(levCount) / 10;
List <ScraperMaster> found = FuzzySearch.FSearch(searchStr, SearchCollection, it);
//WorkingSearchCollection = new List<GDBPlatformGame>();
if (found.Count == 1)
{
// one entry returned
WorkingSearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
WorkingSearchCollection.AddRange(found);
return;
}
if (found.Count > 1)
{
// multiple entries returned
}
if (found.Count == 0)
{
}
//WorkingSearchCollection.AddRange(found);
//return;
}
//return;
// check how many matches we have
if (SearchCollection.Count == 1)
{
WorkingSearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
WorkingSearchCollection.Add(SearchCollection.Single());
return;
}
if (SearchCollection.Count > 1)
{
// add to working search collection
WorkingSearchCollection.AddRange(SearchCollection.ToList());
// clear SearchCollection
//SearchCollection = new List<GDBPlatformGame>();
// try the first word
string[] arr = BuildArray(searchStr);
int i = 0;
string builder = "";
while (i < arr.Length)
{
if (i == 0)
{
builder += arr[i];
}
else
{
builder += " " + arr[i];
}
string b = StripSymbols(builder).ToLower();
var s = SystemCollection.Where(a => a.GDBTitle.ToLower().Contains(b)).ToList();
if (s.Count == 1)
{
// one entry returned - this is the one to keep
WorkingSearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
//SearchCollection = new List<GDBPlatformGame>();
WorkingSearchCollection.Add(s.Single());
return;
}
if (s.Count > 1)
{
// still multiple entries returned - single match not found - continue
WorkingSearchCollection = new List <ScraperMaster>();
WorkingSearchCollection.AddRange(s);
//SearchCollection = new List<GDBPlatformGame>();
}
if (s.Count == 0)
{
// no matches returned - this should never happen
}
i++;
}
// multiple matches found - run search again from the beginning but remove FIRST substring
//StartFuzzySearch(searchStr, 100);
return;
/*
* string[] arr = BuildArray(searchStr);
* StartFuzzySearch(BuildSearchString(arr.Take(0).ToArray()), 1);
* // multiple matches found - run search again from the beginning but remove last substring
* StartFuzzySearch(BuildSearchString(arr.Take(arr.Count() - 1).ToArray()), 1);
*/
}
if (SearchCollection.Count == 0)
{
// no matches found - run this method again with the next iterator (slightly weaker tolerance)
StartFuzzySearch(searchStr, 0);
}
}