main.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from argparse import ArgumentParser

from Levenshtein import distance as lvd

from pyphonetics import Soundex

if __name__ == '__main__':

    parser = ArgumentParser(description='show soundex and levenshtein')

    parser.add_argument('word1', help='first word')

    parser.add_argument('word2', help='second word')

    parser.add_argument('--normalize', '-n', action='store_true',

                        help='normalize to uppercase before processing')

    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.normalize:

        word1 = args.word1.upper()

        word2 = args.word2.upper()

    else:

        word1 = args.word1

        word2 = args.word2        

    soundex = Soundex()

    sdx1 = soundex.phonetics(word1)

    sdx2 = soundex.phonetics(word2)

    print("%s: %s"%(word1, sdx1))

    print("%s: %s"%(word2, sdx2))

    print("Levenshtein: %d"%(lvd(word1, word2)))

    print("Phonetische: %d"%(lvd(sdx1, sdx2)))