class Phonetic::Caverphone
Caverphone
created by the Caversham Project at the University of Otago. @see caversham.otago.ac.nz/files/working/ctp060902.pdf Caverphone: Phonetic
Matching algorithm by David Hood (2002) This class implements this algorithm. @example
Phonetic::Caverphone.encode('Charmain') # => 'KMN111' Phonetic::Caverphone.encode('Ellett') # => 'ALT111' Phonetic::Caverphone.encode('Siegmund') # => 'SKMNT1'
Constants
- MAP
Public Class Methods
encode_word(word, options = {})
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Encode word to its Caverphone
code
# File lib/phonetic/caverphone.rb, line 61 def self.encode_word(word, options = {}) w = word.strip.downcase.gsub(/[^a-z]/, '') MAP.each { |r, v| w.gsub!(r, v) } w = w + '1' * 6 w[0..5] end