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+/*
+	This file is part of solidity.
+
+	solidity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+	the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+	(at your option) any later version.
+
+	solidity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+	GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with solidity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+/** @file StringUtils.h
+ * @author Balajiganapathi S <balajiganapathi.s@gmail.com>
+ * @date 2017
+ *
+ * String routines
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace dev
+{
+
+// Calculates the Damerau–Levenshtein distance between _str1 and _str2 and returns true if that distance is not greater than _maxDistance
+bool stringWithinDistance(std::string const& _str1, std::string const& _str2, size_t _maxDistance);
+// Calculates the Damerau–Levenshtein distance between _str1 and _str2
+size_t stringDistance(std::string const& _str1, std::string const& _str2);
+// Return a string having elements of suggestions as quoted, alternative suggestions. e.g. "a", "b" or "c"
+std::string quotedAlternativesList(std::vector<std::string> const& suggestions);
+
+}