Re: SOUNDEX implementation.

From: Peter Linehan <p.linehan_at_virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 00:10:06 +0100
Message-ID: <370BE5CE.31C290A@virgin.net>

Michael McKenna wrote:
>
> Can someone give a brief explanation--pseudo-code maybe--of how the SOUNDEX
> function is
> implemented?
>
> Thanks.

Knuth's books 'The Art of Computer Programming' has a good section on the Soundex Algorithim - NB If I remember rightly, Knuth says that there is a patent/copyright on it, so you may not be able to use it commercially.
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Peter Linehan
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or c/o p.linehan_at_virgin.net Received on Wed Apr 07 1999 - 18:10:06 CDT