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Fast Fuzzy String Joins for Data Frames
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install.packages("fuzzystring")

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library("remotes")
install_github("cran/fuzzystring")

Install by package version:
library("remotes")
install_version("fuzzystring", "0.0.1")



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library("fuzzystring")
Maintained by
Paul E. Santos Andrade
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First Published: 2026-02-08
Latest Update: 2026-02-08
Description:
Perform fuzzy joins on data frames using approximate string matching. Implements all standard join types (inner, left, right, full, semi, anti) with support for multiple string distance metrics from the 'stringdist' package including Levenshtein, Damerau-Levenshtein, Jaro-Winkler, and Soundex. Features a high-performance 'data.table' backend with 'C++' row binding for efficient processing of large datasets. Ideal for matching misspellings, inconsistent labels, messy user input, or reconciling datasets with slight variations in identifiers. Optionally returns distance metrics alongside matched records.
How to cite:
Paul E. Santos Andrade (2026). fuzzystring: Fast Fuzzy String Joins for Data Frames. R package version 0.0.1, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/fuzzystring. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.
Previous versions and publish date:
(2026-07-09 07:40), 0.0.1 (2026-02-08 18:00)
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