Levenshtein Distance Demo

What follows is documentation for the parameters that can be used with the Levenshtein Distance Demo.

NOTE

Mr. Gordon produced this documentation using the ChatGPT 5 Thinking large language model.

The interactive demo of a Levenshtein Distance table was built by prompting a combination of the Claude Anthropic and ChatGPT 5 Thinking large language models.

Parameters

Param	Type / Values	Default	Effect	Notes
source	string (≤ 10 chars)	because	Horizontal (columns) string	Use literal ∅ (U+2205) for empty
target	string (≤ 10 chars)	decrease	Vertical (rows) string	Use literal ∅ (U+2205) for empty
filled	1	true	yes` (else empty)	empty
path	1	true	yes`	false
cell	i,j (non‑negative integers)	—	Show optimal path to the specified cell	Clamped to bounds; e.g., cell=3,5
play	1	true	yes`	false
speed	number in [200, 1200]	700	Sets the slider position (higher = faster)	Internal delay = (200+1200) − speed
delay	number ms [200,1200]	—	Sets the per‑step delay directly	Overrides speed when both are present
autofill	1	true	yes`	false

Booleans are case‑insensitive; accepted truthy values are 1, true, yes, y.

Examples

• Filled + optimal path:
  ?source=because&target=decrease&filled=1&path=1

• Empty grid, then auto-fill animation (faster):
  ?source=∅&target=kitten&autofill=1&speed=1100

• Path to a specific cell and auto-play with 500ms delay:
  ?source=cart&target=track&cell=3,4&play=1&delay=500

• Just pre‑load strings (no animations):
  ?source=crane&target=brain