Find nearest-matching string from a set

Computes shortest distance between a key string and a set of strings to find the nearest match.

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16 Aug 2013
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Brandon Kuczenski (2026). Find nearest-matching string from a set (https://se.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36981-find-nearest-matching-string-from-a-set), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Inspired by: Calculation of distance between strings

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1.2.0

Updated to correct an error in the code and to add working examples to the description.
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1.1.0

Add link to strdist.m
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