Can DBSCAN be applied on clustering Strings, If so how it can be done? [duplicate]

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How to apply DBSCAN algorithm on grouping of similar url

I have been told to do a project in my final sem, as the project involves in clustering similar strings using DBSCAN. I want to know can this be done using DBSCAN, If yes then how can i implement the same.

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As I told you earlier (at How to apply DBSCAN algorithm on grouping of similar url ), this is possible.

But YOU need to define the similarity you need for your application.

Nobody on stackoverflow will be able to help you with that, unless you are very clear on what kind of similarity you need.

There are lots of string metrics available, and you need to find out what works for your particular problem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_metric