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Text.SoundEx

Returns soundex string for the given text.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
Text 2.1 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "Text.SoundEx"; Text )   More

(old name: String.SoundEx)

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
Text The input string. "Müller"

Result

Returns soundex string.

Description

Returns soundex string for the given text.
Similar names like Mayer, Maier, Meyer and Meier return the same SoundEx so you can have searches which match all of those names.
This is the english version while Text.SoundExGerman is optimized for German.

Examples

SoundEx of Müller:

MBS( "Text.SoundEx"; "Müller" )

See also

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 18th April 2016


Text.Serialize - Text.SoundExGerman