8.145 Text::SoundexImplements the soundex algorithm, which hashes a word (in particular, a surname) into a compressed form that approximates the sound of the word when spoken by an English speaker. Returns the value of the variableuse Text::Soundex; $code = soundex $string; # get soundex code for a string @codes = soundex @list; # get list of codes for list of strings
$soundex_nocode
if
there is no soundex code representation for a string.
$soundex_nocode
is initially set to
undef
, but can be reset to another value, e.g.:
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