Soundex function

In unit StrUtils

Compute the soundex of a string.

Declaration

pascal

function Soundex(const AText: string; ALength: TSoundexLength): string

Arguments

`AText`	Text to compute soundex of.
`ALength`	Length of the soundex.

Function result

String with the soundex code of the original 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.