maximum length of the resulting encodings, in characters
Value
soundex encoded character vector
Details
The function soundex phonentically encodes the given
string using the soundex algorithm. The function refinedSoundex
uses Apache's refined soundex algorithm. Both implementations are loosely
based on the Apache Commons Java editons.
The variable maxCodeLen is the limit on how long the returned
soundex should be.
References
Charles P. Bourne and Donald F. Ford, "A study of methods for
systematically abbreviating English words and names," Journal
of the ACM, vol. 8, no. 4 (1961), p. 538-552.
Howard B. Newcombe, James M. Kennedy, "Record linkage: making
maximum use of the discriminating power of identifying information,"
Communications of the ACM, vol. 5, no. 11 (1962), p. 563-566.