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  1. Commons Codec
  2. CODEC-199

Bug in HW rule in Soundex

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    • Bug
    • Status: Resolved
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 1.10
    • 1.11
    • None

    Description

      The Soundex algorithm says that if two characters that map to the same code are separated by H or W, the second one is not encoded.
      However, in the implementation (in Soundex.getMappingCode() line 191), a character that is preceded by two characters that are either H or W, is not encoded, regardless of what the last consonant was.
      Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex#American_Soundex

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        1. soundex.patch
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          Yossi Tamari
        2. better.patch
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          Yossi Tamari

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          New Feature - A new feature of the product, which has yet to be developed. CODEC-233 Soundex should support more algorithm variants

          • Major - Major loss of function.
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