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6c50d1f | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 | import json
from difflib import SequenceMatcher
def similar(a, b):
return SequenceMatcher(None, a, b).ratio()
def json_compare(obj1, obj2):
'''
:param obj1: a string object that is ideal to be in json format
:param obj2: a string object that is ideal to be in json format
:return similarity: a measure of similarity between two objects ranging from 0 to 1
'''
obj1_is_json = True
obj2_is_json = True
try:
obj1_json = json.loads(obj1)
except:
obj1_is_json = False
try:
obj2_json = json.loads(obj2)
except:
obj2_is_json = False
if not obj1_is_json and not obj2_is_json:
return similar(obj1, obj2) # a typical 0.6 should be considered as match
elif obj2_is_json and obj1_is_json:
pass # proper measure of similarities in two json file
# for now, we temporarily assume that the two files are in the same format.
return 1
else:
# one is json, the other is not. This is clear that the two objects are not the same.
return 0
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