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+import { assert } from "chai";
+
+import { fuzzySequentialMatch } from "../../../src/common/string/sequence_matching";
+
+describe("fuzzySequentialMatch", () => {
+  const entityId = "automation.ticker";
+
+  const shouldMatchEntity = [
+    "",
+    "automation.ticker",
+    "automation.ticke",
+    "automation.",
+    "au",
+    "automationticker",
+    "tion.tick",
+    "ticker",
+    "automation.r",
+    "tick",
+    "aumatick",
+    "aion.tck",
+    "ioticker",
+    "atmto.ikr",
+    "uoaintce",
+    "au.tce",
+    "tomaontkr",
+  ];
+
+  const shouldNotMatchEntity = [
+    " ",
+    "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz",
+    "automation.tickerz",
+    "automation. ticke",
+    "1",
+    "noitamotua",
+  ];
+
+  describe(`Entity '${entityId}'`, () => {
+    for (const goodFilter of shouldMatchEntity) {
+      it(`matches with '${goodFilter}'`, () => {
+        const res = fuzzySequentialMatch(goodFilter, entityId);
+        assert.equal(res, true);
+      });
+    }
+
+    for (const badFilter of shouldNotMatchEntity) {
+      it(`fails to match with '${badFilter}'`, () => {
+        const res = fuzzySequentialMatch(badFilter, entityId);
+        assert.equal(res, false);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+});