February 1st, 1989

Howdy!,

I have developed a soundex routine in CLARION to allow users to
search for similar sounding names in a database. When the user adds a
record to the database, the soundex value of the name is calculated
(as an edit procedure) and is stored in the database as a key. Later,
when the user then requests a search by similar sounding names,
perhaps because of a misspelled name, the soundex value of the search
name is calculated and a search is performed using this value as a
record selector.  

Released in the public domain by the author on February 1st, 1989.

Files included in this archive:

Name			 CRC
-----------	 ----
SOUNDEX.CLA  7D1F    The soundex routine (source)
SOUNDEX.PRO  4405    The soundex processor file
SOUNDEX.SYM  E3DC    The soundex symbols file		
TEST.CLA     36A7    Test program for the soundex routine (source)
TEST.PRO     5735    Test program processor file
TEST.SYM     B8A2    Test program symbols file
README.TXT           This file (don't know the CRC yet)



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Paul Giroux
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