edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.utils

Class Soundex

java.lang.Object

edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.nesim.utils.Soundex

public class Soundex
extends Object

Soundex algorithm for phonetic correction.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCode(String str) Returns the soundex code of @str.
static void	main(String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getCode

public String getCode(String str)

Returns the soundex code of @str. For details about the soundex algorithm and its utility, read: {1} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex {2} http://nlp.stanford.edu/IR-book/html/htmledition/phonetic-correction-1.html This function handles all kinds of bad inputs i.e. strings with special characters. It treats all special characters as vowels. Modify this appropriately if you don't want that. Returns ERROR in case of empty strings (or strings with just spaces).

main

public static void main(String[] args)