What is the command for Damerau-Levenshtein (DL) distance that allows for re-odering

[Xiaoke Ye]

Dear Mr/Ms Helper

I have tried

ustrdist

but it seems do not allow re-ordering. Is there any way to do it or I miss some options associated with the command?

Best

[Phil Bromiley]

You will increase your chances of useful answer by following the FAQ on asking questions – provide Stata code in code delimiters, readable Stata output, and sample data using dataex.

It's not clear what you mean by allowing for reordering. You can always re-sort your data and run the program again. If you mean you want to randomly reorder one of the variables, you may need to save the data, randomly reorder the variable and save it under different data set and variable name, then merge the two.