Finding and indexing 'similar' string
Chris Muller
afunkyobject at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 26 16:01:56 UTC 2003
Jim Menard wrote:
> How about using the Soundex algorithm? A quick Google search found this
> brief explanation <http://www.frontiernet.net/~rjacob/soundex.htm>
Ohhh! Thank you Jim! What a simple, well-explained method for a sounds-like
index. This would be a great new index type for MagmaCollections..
Do you know whether it works for other keywords? Or just Surnames? I would
think it would, since some people's surname are regular words anyway..
- Chris
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