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| private String[] ignoredWords = new String[] { | |
| "eda" | |
| }; | |
| /** | |
| * Compares two strings. | |
| * Each string is stripped of all invalid chars (Allowing letters and numbers only) | |
| * | |
| * @param newsResult The news result string | |
| * @param currentArticle The article string | |
| * @return A "Worth" value, based on the matches found | |
| */ | |
| int compareStrings(String newsResult, String currentArticle) { | |
| if (newsResult == null || currentArticle == null) return 0; | |
| //Strip everything but space, letter and number | |
| newsResult = newsResult.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9\\s]", ""); | |
| currentArticle = currentArticle.replaceAll("[^a-zA-Z0-9\\s]", ""); | |
| int totalWorth = 0; | |
| //Split each string into words array | |
| String[] splitA = newsResult.split(" "); | |
| String[] splitB = currentArticle.split(" "); | |
| //Iterate through words | |
| for (String a_: splitA) { | |
| //if the string is an abbreviation OR is bigger than 5 in length and is not ignored | |
| if (((isUpper(a_) && a_.length() >= 2) || (a_.length() >= 5)) && !isIgnored(a_.toLowerCase())) { | |
| //Then compare it to b_ | |
| for (String b_: splitB) { | |
| //It is a match if equalsIgnoreCase is true | |
| if (a_.equalsIgnoreCase(b_)) { | |
| totalWorth++; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return totalWorth; //return value | |
| } |
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