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::Fair point about languages without soundex in libs. Maybe the other idea would be better as a task that builds on this one… –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 16:30, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
:As I understand, there are different soundex algorithms, based somewhat on the language and on the applicatons. I also read the Wikipedia entry and it does not present the algorithm clearly. A couple of years ago I needed an algorithm to match information for new entries in a database to existing names. That's when I ran across the soundex algorithm. --[[User:Rldrenth|Rldrenth]] 21:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
== Which Soundex? ==
It isn't clear which Soundex algorithm each example is implementing. For example, the US Census rules have a special case for "H" and "W" (ignored but don't separate runs of consonants). I suggest adding a set of test cases to the problem description which can distinguish between the many variants of Soundex out there. For starters:
A261 for Ashcraft
B620 for Burroughs and Burrows
--[[User:IanOsgood|IanOsgood]] 15:35, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
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