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- Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by
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- use Text::Soundex;
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- $code = soundex $string; # get soundex code for a string
- @codes = soundex @list; # get list of codes for list of strings
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- # set value to be returned for strings without soundex code
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- $soundex_nocode = 'Z000';
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- This module implements the soundex algorithm as described by Donald Knuth
- in Volume 3 of TTTThhhheeee AAAArrrrtttt ooooffff CCCCoooommmmppppuuuutttteeeerrrr PPPPrrrrooooggggrrrraaaammmmmmmmiiiinnnngggg. The algorithm is
- intended to hash words (in particular surnames) into a small space using
- a simple model which approximates the sound of the word when spoken by an
- English speaker. Each word is reduced to a four character string, the
- first character being an upper case letter and the remaining three being
- digits.
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- If there is no soundex code representation for a string then the value of
- $soundex_nocode is returned. This is initially set to undef, but many
- people seem to prefer an _u_n_l_i_k_e_l_y value like Z000 (how unlikely this is
- depends on the data set being dealt with.) Any value can be assigned to
- $soundex_nocode.
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- In scalar context soundex returns the soundex code of its first argument,
- and in array context a list is returned in which each element is the
- soundex code for the corresponding argument passed to soundex e.g.
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- @codes = soundex qw(Mike Stok);
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- leaves @codes containing ('M200', 'S320').
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- Knuth's examples of various names and the soundex codes they map to are
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- Euler, Ellery -> E460
- Gauss, Ghosh -> G200
- Hilbert, Heilbronn -> H416
- Knuth, Kant -> K530
- Lloyd, Ladd -> L300
- Lukasiewicz, Lissajous -> L222
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- $code = soundex 'Knuth'; # $code contains 'K530'
- @list = soundex qw(Lloyd Gauss); # @list contains 'L300', 'G200'
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- As the soundex algorithm was originally used a lllloooonnnngggg time ago in the US it
- considers only the English alphabet and pronunciation.
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- As it is mapping a large space (arbitrary length strings) onto a small
- space (single letter plus 3 digits) no inference can be made about the
- similarity of two strings which end up with the same soundex code. For
- example, both Hilbert and Heilbronn end up with a soundex code of H416.
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- This code was implemented by Mike Stok (stok@cybercom.net) from the
- description given by Knuth. Ian Phillips (ian@pipex.net) and Rich Pinder
- (rpinder@hsc.usc.edu) supplied ideas and spotted mistakes.
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