private IEnumerable <IWordSimilarityNode> OrderPossibilities(string input, int maxResults, ICollection <string> possibleResults)
{
//If we only have a small amount, we can sort them all.
if (possibleResults.Count <= maxResults)
{
var queue = new WordQueue(possibleResults.Count);
foreach (var possibleResult in possibleResults)
{
queue.Enqueue(possibleResult, StringSimilarityProvider.Similarity(input, possibleResult));
}
return(queue.OrderByDescending(x => x.Similarity));
}
var max = Math.Min(possibleResults.Count, maxResults);
//With a large number of words to evaluate, but we only care about the top matches.
//Instead of sorting a large number of elements at the end, we use a queue and restrict it's running size to max.
//This queue will do that faster than other container types.
//SortedList.RemoveAt is O(n)
//SortedDictionary/SortedSet.ElementAt is O(n)
var likelyWordsQueue = new WordQueue(max);
foreach (var word in possibleResults)
{
var jw = StringSimilarityProvider.Similarity(input, word);
likelyWordsQueue.Enqueue(word, jw);
}
return(likelyWordsQueue.OrderByDescending(x => x.Similarity));
}
/// <summary>
/// Finds possible corrections or extensions for a given word.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The word to spell-check.</param>
/// <param name="maxResults">The maximum number of results returned.</param>
/// <returns>Up to <see cref="maxResults">maxResults</see> words along with their similarity score. Not sorted.</returns>
public IEnumerable<IWordSimilarityNode> PrefixLookup(string input, int maxResults)
{
var iLen = input.Length;
ICollection<string> possibleResults;
if (iLen < 3)
{
List<int> di;
if (!Dictionary.TryGetValue(input, out di))
{
return new WordSimilarityNode[0];
}
possibleResults = di.Select(index => Wordlist[index]).Where(word => word.Length >= iLen).ToList();
}
else
{
possibleResults = new HashSet<string>();
var deletes = new HashSet<string> { input };
//Arbitray decision of the allowable number of deletes.
//Could have this start smaller and increase it if a threshold is not met.
//But then we risk the problem of having a prefix with a lot of very close but uncommon words.
//A small deletion count could miss a word with slightly more distance, but that is much more common.
//I don't even know if those exist though.
Edits(input, (iLen - 1) / 3, deletes);
foreach (var delete in deletes)
{
List<int> di;
if (!Dictionary.TryGetValue(delete, out di)) { continue; }
foreach (var word in di.Select(index => Wordlist[index]).Where(word => word.Length >= iLen))
{
possibleResults.Add(word);
}
}
}
List<int> se;
if (Dictionary.TryGetValue(input, out se) && se.Any(x => Wordlist[x] == input))
{
possibleResults.Add(input);
}
//If we only have a small amount, we can sort them all.
if (possibleResults.Count <= maxResults)
{
return possibleResults.Select(word => new WordSimilarityNode { Word = word, Similarity = _stringSimilarityProvider.Similarity(input, word) });
}
var max = Math.Min(possibleResults.Count, maxResults);
//With a large number of words to evaluate, but we only care about the top matches.
//Instead of sorting a large number of elements at the end, we use a queue and restrict it's running size to max.
//This queue will do that faster than other container types.
//SortedList.RemoveAt is O(n)
//SortedDictionary/SortedSet.ElementAt is O(n)
var likelyWordsQueue = new WordQueue(max);
foreach (var word in possibleResults)
{
var jw = _stringSimilarityProvider.Similarity(input, word);
likelyWordsQueue.Enqueue(word, jw);
}
return likelyWordsQueue;
}