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 StringIntersectingQ

Source Notebook

Test if two strings have any common characters

Contributed by: Arnoud Buzing

ResourceFunction["StringIntersectingQ"][s1,s2]

yields True if s1 and s2 share any common characters and False otherwise.

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Check whether two strings have any intersecting characters:

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ResourceFunction["StringIntersectingQ"]["Hello", "World"]
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ResourceFunction["StringIntersectingQ"]["Hello", "Miami!"]
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Scope (1) 

All characters are supported:

In[3]:=
{str1, str2} = TextCases[ResourceData["The Odyssey - Greek"], "Sentence"][[1 ;; 2]]
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In[4]:=
ResourceFunction["StringIntersectingQ"][str1, str2]
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Applications (1) 

See if some English words intersect their Spanish translations:

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AssociationMap[ ResourceFunction["StringIntersectingQ"][#, First[WordTranslation[#, "Spanish"]]] &, {"mother", "infant", "truck", "piano", "happy"}]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 11 October 2018

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