phonetics 1.0.5
Compute phonetic key of strings for indexing or fuzzy matching
License: MIT
Keywords: phonetics metaphone soundex indexing search fuzzy

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 Phonetics
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The phonetics module computes the phonetic key of a string using different algorithms.

 * Soundex
 * NYSISS
 * Metaphone
 * Double Metaphone

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Installation
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Latest PyPI stable release
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.. code:: sh

    pip install phonetics

Latest development release on github
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Pull and install in the current directory:

.. code:: sh

    pip install -e git+https://github.com/Zack--/phonetics.git@master#egg=phonetics

Running tests
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By `Duncan McGreggor <https://github.com/oubiwann>`_

.. code-block:: shell

    $ python -m unittest discover phonetics/tests/ -v

Or

.. code:: sh

   nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=phonetics

Usage
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.. code-block:: python

    >>> import phonetics
    >>> phonetics.dmetaphone('Danger')
    ('TNJR', 'TNKR')


Module Contents
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The ``phonetics`` module defines the following function:

``phonetics``. **soundex**\(*source* [, *size=4*])
  Use the soundex algorithm to create the phonetic key of the **source** string.

``phonetics``. **nysiis**\(*source*)
  Use the New York State Identification and Intelligence System to create the phonetic key of the **source** string.

``phonetics``. **metaphone**\(*source*)
 |  Use the metaphone algorithm to create the phonetic key of the **source** string.
 |  Based on `Lawrence Philips' Metaphone Algorithm <http://aspell.net/metaphone/>`__.

``phonetics``. **dmetaphone**\(*source*)
 |  Use the double methaphone algorithm to create the phonetic key of the **source** string.
 |  Based on `Lawrence Philips' Metaphone Algorithm <http://aspell.net/metaphone/>`__.

Contributions
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All source code is hosted on `GitHub <https://github.com/ToasterCo/apiaiassistant>`__.
Contributions are welcome.

See the
`CONTRIBUTING <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zack--/apiaiassistant/master/CONTRIBUTING.md>`__
file for more information.


LICENCE
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Authors
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Ranked by contributions.

-  Zack Dibe (Zack--) *

`*` Original author

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