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    Soundex

    Compute the soundex of a string.

    Declaration

    Source position: strutils.pp line 157

    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.
    SoundexWord Calculate a word-sized soundex value.
    SoundexSimilar Check whether 2 strings have equal soundex values.