# strings

This module provides support for a specific string utility from the standard Java library. All of the other methods that you can use to work with strings in workflows are taken from the standard JavaScript library and behave as described in the [MDN documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String).

## Functions

### getLevenshteinDistance

```JAVASCRIPT
static getLevenshteinDistance(str1, str2)
```

Returns the Levenshtein distance between two strings. Delegates to [org.apache.commons.text.similarity.LevenshteinDistance](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-text/javadocs/api-release/org/apache/commons/text/similarity/LevenshteinDistance.html).

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| str1 |  string  |  The first string.                     |
| str2 |  string  |  The string that is compared to the first string.                     |

### md5

```JAVASCRIPT
static md5(str)
```

Calculates the MD5 digest of a string and returns the value as a 32 character hex string.

Available since 2022.1

Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| str |  string  |  String to digest.                     |

Return Value

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
|  string  |  Digested hex string.                 |

## See also

[YouTrack Workflow API](YouTrack-Api-Documentation.html)