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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