class Phonetic::RefinedSoundex
Class for encoding string to Refined Soundex
code. A refined soundex code is optimized for spell checking words.
@example
Phonetic::RefinedSoundex.encode('Caren') # => 'C30908' Phonetic::RefinedSoundex.encode('Hayers') # => 'H093' Phonetic::RefinedSoundex.encode('Lambard') # => 'L7081096'
Constants
- CODE
Public Class Methods
encode_word(word, options = {})
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Encode word to its Refined Soundex
value
# File lib/phonetic/refined_soundex.rb, line 25 def self.encode_word(word, options = {}) w = word.upcase res = w[0] pg = nil w.chars.each do |c| g = CODE[c.to_sym] || 0 if pg != g res += g.to_s pg = g end end res end