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:A contributor to the problem is that there's no algorithm. I looked at the one on WP and it doesn't make that much sense to me. I checked the talk page and there's an alternate algorithm proposed, but it apparently doesn't cover all cases. Also, for languages without built-in soundex libraries, doing the conversion alone seems like task enough to me. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 16:07, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
:A contributor to the problem is that there's no algorithm. I looked at the one on WP and it doesn't make that much sense to me. I checked the talk page and there's an alternate algorithm proposed, but it apparently doesn't cover all cases. Also, for languages without built-in soundex libraries, doing the conversion alone seems like task enough to me. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 16:07, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
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::Fair point about languages without soundex in libs. Maybe the other idea would be better as a task that builds on this one… –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 16:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
::Fair point about languages without soundex in libs. Maybe the other idea would be better as a task that builds on this one… –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 16:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |
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:As I understand, there are different soundex algorithms, based somewhat on the language and on the applicatons. |
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I also read the Wikipedia entry and id does not present the algorithm clearly. A couple of years ago I needed |
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an algorithm to match information for new entries in a database to existing names. That's when I ran across the |
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soundex algorithm. --[[User:Rldrenth|Rldrenth]] 21:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC) |