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  3. November 2002

Re: Soundex routine in RPG

Soundex is easy to implement in RPG. Here's some information on its algorithm:
http://www.bluepoof.com/Soundex/info.html and
http://www.bluepoof.com/Soundex/info2.html

Basically, you cycle each letter. Always keep the first letter, then look up a
number for each consecutive letter, eliminating repeating values. Vowels and
w/h/y are ignored. The resulting value is four positions long. Pad up to four
positions with zeroes, or truncate to four positions if you created a long
soundex.

HTH,
Loyd

On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 17:21:07 -0500, John Myers - MM <jmyersmm@sbsusa.com>
wrote:

>Does anyone have a "Soundex" routine in RPG laying around that they could
>send me?  I didn't find one in the archives.

--
"Why, you can even hear yourself think." --Hobbes
"This is making me nervous. Let's go in." --Calvin
loyd@blackrobes.net  ICQ#504581  http://www.blackrobes.net/

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