Class: SpanishPhoneticCodeStringComparator (private in PhoneticStringUtilities

• Inheritance
• Description
• Instance protocol
  • api
  • private
• Examples

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--PhoneticStringUtilities::PhoneticStringComparator
      |
      +--PhoneticStringUtilities::SingleResultPhoneticStringComparator
         |
         +--PhoneticStringUtilities::SpanishPhoneticCodeStringComparator

Package:

stx:libbasic2

Category:

Collections-Text-Support

Owner:

PhoneticStringUtilities

Description:

The 'Spanish Phonetik' (spanish phonetic) code is for the spanish language 
what the soundex code is for english:
   it returns similar strings for similar sounding words 
(but is specifically aware of the pronunciation of spanish) . 

There are some other differences to soundex, though: 
   its length is not limited to 4, but depends on the length of the original string;
   it does not start with the first character of the input, 
   but returns a pure numeric string,
   it uses different character groups

This algorithm was described by Marıa del Pilar Angeles, Adrian Espino-Gamez, 
and Jonathan Gil-Moncada, in 
   'Comparison of a Modified Spanish phonetic,
    Soundex, and Phonex coding functions during data matching process'
See  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285589803_Comparison_of_a_Modified_Spanish_Phonetic_Soundex_and_Phonex_coding_functions_during_data_matching_process

Instance protocol:

 encode: aString

return a spanish phonetic code.
The spanishPhonetic code is for the spanish language what the soundex code is for english;
it returns simular strings for similar sounding words.
There are some differences to soundex, though:
its length is not limited to 4, but depends on the length of the original string;
it does not start with the first character of the input,
it uses different character groups.
This algorithm is described by Marıa del Pilar Angeles, Adrian Espino-Gamez,
Jonathan Gil-Moncada.

Usage example(s):

self new encode:'Jose'

 convertFirst: chars

#(

 convertRest: chars

used to be matchpattern code,

Examples:

words sounding similar (german pronunciation) will deliver a similar code:

  #(
     'Marıa'
     'Pilar'
     'Angeles'
     'Adrian'
     'Gamez'
  ) do:[:w |
      Transcript show:w; show:'->'; showCR:(PhoneticStringUtilities::SpanishPhoneticCodeStringComparator new encode:w)
  ].