Soundex
Compute the soundex of a string
Declaration
Source position: strutils.pp line 139
function Soundex(const AText: string; ALength: TSoundexLength) : string;
function Soundex(const AText: string) : string;
Description
Soundex computes a soundex code for AText. The resulting code will at most have ALength characters. The soundex code is computed according to the US system of soundex computing, which may result in inaccurate results in other languages.
Note that AText may not contain null characters.
Errors
None.
See also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| SoundexCompare | Compare soundex values of 2 strings. |
| SoundexInt | Soundex value as an integer. |
| SoundexProc | Default AnsiResemblesText implementation. |
| SoundexSimilar | Check whether 2 strings have equal soundex values |
| SoundexWord | Calculate a word-sized soundex value |