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normalizedHamming

normalizedHamming(a, b): number | null

Compute the normalized Hamming similarity between two strings.

Returns null if the strings have different lengths. Returns a value between 0.0 (no matching characters) and 1.0 (identical).

Compares the Unicode code points of the strings as given: case, whitespace and Unicode normalization (NFC vs NFD) are not adjusted.

Parameter Type
a string
b string

number | null