How to do it...

1.  Begin by importing the ssdeep library and creating three strings:

import ssdeep

str1 = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua."
str2 = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore Magna aliqua."
str3 = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore aliqua."
str4 = "Something completely different from the other strings."

1. Hash the strings:

hash1 = ssdeep.hash(str1)
hash2 = ssdeep.hash(str2)
hash3 = ssdeep.hash(str3)
hash4 = ssdeep.hash(str4)

1. Next, we see what kind of similarity scores the strings have:

ssdeep.compare(hash1, hash1)
ssdeep.compare(hash1, hash2)
ssdeep.compare(hash1, hash3)
ssdeep.compare(hash1, hash4)
 

The numerical results are as follows:

100
39
37
0