# Copyright 2014-2020 by Christopher C. Little.
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"""abydos.distance._ncd_zlib.
NCD using zlib
"""
import zlib
from typing import Any
from ._distance import _Distance
__all__ = ['NCDzlib']
[docs]
class NCDzlib(_Distance):
"""Normalized Compression Distance using zlib compression.
Cf. https://zlib.net/
Normalized compression distance (NCD) :cite:`Cilibrasi:2005`.
.. versionadded:: 0.3.6
"""
def __init__(
self, level: int = zlib.Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION, **kwargs: Any
) -> None:
"""Initialize zlib compressor.
Parameters
----------
level : int
The compression level (0 to 9)
.. versionadded:: 0.3.6
"""
super().__init__(**kwargs)
self._level = level
[docs]
def dist(self, src: str, tar: str) -> float:
"""Return the NCD between two strings using zlib compression.
Parameters
----------
src : str
Source string for comparison
tar : str
Target string for comparison
Returns
-------
float
Compression distance
Examples
--------
>>> cmp = NCDzlib()
>>> cmp.dist('cat', 'hat')
0.3333333333333333
>>> cmp.dist('Niall', 'Neil')
0.45454545454545453
>>> cmp.dist('aluminum', 'Catalan')
0.5714285714285714
>>> cmp.dist('ATCG', 'TAGC')
0.4
.. versionadded:: 0.3.5
.. versionchanged:: 0.3.6
Encapsulated in class
"""
if src == tar:
return 0.0
src_b = src.encode('utf-8')
tar_b = tar.encode('utf-8')
src_comp = zlib.compress(src_b, self._level)
tar_comp = zlib.compress(tar_b, self._level)
concat_comp = zlib.compress(src_b + tar_b, self._level)
concat_comp2 = zlib.compress(tar_b + src_b, self._level)
return (
min(len(concat_comp), len(concat_comp2))
- (min(len(src_comp), len(tar_comp)))
) / (max(len(src_comp), len(tar_comp)) - 2)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()