Perl also has soundex capability:

        http://search.cpan.org/doc/MARKM/Text-Soundex-2.20/Soundex.pm

- Mark B.

"Sohrt, Jeff" wrote:
>
> For the Visual-Basic inclined, there's a "beginner" project in the June 2000
> issue which outlines how to convert words to their soundex equivalent.
> Their example is based on searching a database based on the pronunciation of
> a name rather than its spelling.  The routine is probably easilly adaptable
> to another language.  The code can be downloaded from www.devx.com.
>
> > Does anyone know of any soundex type products or code that
> > works on the
> > HP3000?
> >

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