/* Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA */ /**************************************************************** * SOUNDEX ALGORITHM in C * * * * The basic Algorithm source is taken from EDN Nov. * * 14, 1985 pg. 36. * * * * As a test Those in Illinois will find that the * * first group of numbers in their drivers license * * number is the soundex number for their last name. * * * * RHW PC-IBBS ID. #1230 * * * * As an extension if remove_garbage is set then all non- * * alpha characters are skipped * ****************************************************************/ #include "mysys_priv.h" #include #include "my_static.h" static char get_scode(char **ptr,pbool remove_garbage); /* outputed string is 4 byte long */ /* out_pntr can be == in_pntr */ void soundex(register my_string out_pntr, my_string in_pntr, pbool remove_garbage) { char ch,last_ch; reg3 my_string end; if (remove_garbage) { while (*in_pntr && isspace(*in_pntr)) /* Skipp pre-space */ in_pntr++; } *out_pntr++ = toupper(*in_pntr); /* Copy first letter */ last_ch = get_scode(&in_pntr,0); /* code of the first letter */ /* for the first 'double-letter */ /* check. */ end=out_pntr+3; /* Loop on input letters until */ /* end of input (null) or output */ /* letter code count = 3 */ in_pntr++; while (out_pntr < end && (ch = get_scode(&in_pntr,remove_garbage)) != 0) { in_pntr++; if ((ch != '0') && (ch != last_ch)) /* if not skipped or double */ { *out_pntr++ = ch; /* letter, copy to output */ } /* for next double-letter check */ last_ch = ch; /* save code of last input letter */ } while (out_pntr < end) *out_pntr++ = '0'; *out_pntr=0; /* end string */ return; } /* soundex */ /* If alpha, map input letter to soundex code. If not alpha and remove_garbage is set then skipp to next char else return 0 */ static char get_scode(char **ptr, pbool remove_garbage) { uchar ch; if (remove_garbage) { while (**ptr && !isalpha(**ptr)) (*ptr)++; } ch=toupper(**ptr); if (ch < 'A' || ch > 'Z') { if (isalpha(ch)) /* If exetended alfa (country spec) */ return '0'; /* threat as vokal */ return 0; /* Can't map */ } return(soundex_map[ch-'A']); } /* get_scode */