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8.207. Text::Soundex
Implements the soundex algorithm, which
hashes a word (in particular, a surname) into a compressed form that
approximates the sound of the word when spoken by an English speaker:
use Text::Soundex;
$code = soundex $string; # Get soundex code for a string
@codes = soundex @list; # Get list of codes for list of strings
Returns the value of the variable $soundex_nocode
if there is no soundex code representation for a string.
$soundex_nocode is initially set to
undef, but can be reset to another value. For
example:
$soundex_nocode = 'Z000';
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8.206. Text::ParseWords | ![]() | 8.208. Text::Tabs |

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