Reference for package '#rtl'

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