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Metaphone key

XML
<encode:metaphone var="var">
string
</encode:metaphone>

<encode:metaphone /> generates the metaphone key of a value.

Metaphone keys have the property that words pronounced similarly produce the same metaphone key.

Attention:

ENCODE:METAPHONE is more accurate than ENCODE:SOUNDEX as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation.

Attributes

NameTypeDescriptionDefined By
varvarResult variable name encode:metaphone

Results

BindingTypePredicate
varstringN/A

Examples

XML
<output>
<encode:metaphone>iXML</encode:metaphone>
</output>

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