RE: Fuzzy string matching?

["DeLong, Eric" <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Soundex is ok, but I think it produces inferior results to other
name-hashing algorithms like "metaphone".  There are problems searching
strings, because each "word" has to be parsed and soundexed individually.  


Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Winchester Terry [mailto:terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 11:59 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Fuzzy string matching?


You might try using something like "soundex":

http://mcpressonline.com/mc?13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@.6ae3499c


> -----Original Message-----
> From: jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 12:35 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Fuzzy string matching?
> 
> 
> Would anybody happen to know where I might find a "fuzzy" string match
> 
> algorithm that either is, or can be, implemented in ILE C or ILE RPG?
> Something 
> that could recognize slightly misspelled
> words?
> 
> --
> J.Lampert
> 
> 
> 
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