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::Nysiis Rdpfp Nysiis Phonetic Encoding KRBURTON
Nysiis (NNew York State Identification and Intelligence System)
phonetic encoding algorithm. Similar in nature to the Soundex,
Metahpone, and DoubleMetaphone algorithms.
NAME
String::Nysiis - NYSIIS Phonetic Encoding
SYNOPSIS
use String::Nysiis qw(nysiis);
my $enc = nysiis($string);
print nysiis('Larry'),"\n"; # should print LARY
DESCRIPTION
New York State Identification and Intelligence System (NYSIIS) algorithm
for phonetic encoding of names.
EXPORT
None by default.
AUTHOR
This module is based on a NYSIIS implementation by Ben Kennedy
<
[email protected]>. It is currently being maintained by:
Kyle R. Burton
[email protected]
[email protected]
HMS
625 Ridge Pike
Building E
Suite 400
Conshohocken, PA 19428
SEE ALSO
Atack, J., and F. Bateman. 1992.
"Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match" : a general personal
computer-based matching program for historical research.
Historical Methods 25: 53-65.
perl(1). Text::DoubleMetaphone. Text::Soundex.
