Name               DSLIP Description                                  Info
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String
::Nysiis           Rdpfp Nysiis Phonetic Encoding                     KRBURTON


Nysiis (NNew York State Identification and Intelligence System)
phonetic encoding algorithm.  Similar in nature to the Soundex, 
Metahpone, and DoubleMetaphone algorithms.






NAME
    String::Nysiis - NYSIIS Phonetic Encoding

SYNOPSIS
      use String::Nysiis qw(nysiis);
      my $enc = nysiis($string);

      print nysiis('Larry'),"\n"; # should print LARY

DESCRIPTION
    New York State Identification and Intelligence System (NYSIIS) algorithm
    for phonetic encoding of names.

  EXPORT

    None by default.

AUTHOR
    This module is based on a NYSIIS implementation by Ben Kennedy
    <bkennedy@hmsonline.com>. It is currently being maintained by:

     Kyle R. Burton 
     krburton@cpan.org
     kburton@hmsonline.com
     HMS
     625 Ridge Pike
     Building E
     Suite 400
     Conshohocken, PA 19428
 
SEE ALSO
     Atack, J., and F. Bateman. 1992.  
      "Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match" : a general personal 
        computer-based matching program for historical research. 
        Historical Methods 25: 53-65.

    perl(1). Text::DoubleMetaphone. Text::Soundex.