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## grails.util
[Groovy] Class CosineSimilarity

    java.lang.Object
      grails.util.CosineSimilarity

    class CosineSimilarity

Uses cosine similarity to find matches from a candidate set for a specified input. Based on code from http://www.nearinfinity.com/blogs/seth_schroeder/groovy_cosine_similarity_in_grails.html

Authors:
  Burt Beckwith

Method Summary
`static java.util.List` | `mostSimilar(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Object candidates, double threshold = 0)` Sort the candidates by their similarity to the specified input.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
java.lang.Object#wait(), java.lang.Object#wait(long), java.lang.Object#wait(long, int), java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object), java.lang.Object#toString(), java.lang.Object#hashCode(), java.lang.Object#getClass(), java.lang.Object#notify(), java.lang.Object#notifyAll()

Method Detail

### mostSimilar

    static java.util.List mostSimilar(java.lang.String pattern, java.lang.Object candidates, double threshold = 0)

  Sort the candidates by their similarity to the specified input.
  Parameters:
    `pattern` - the input string
    `candidates` - the possible matches
  Returns:
    the ordered candidates

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