gramps/src/soundex.py

#
# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
#
# Copyright (C) 2000-2003  Donald N. Allingham
#
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"""
Provides soundex calculation
"""

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#
# Standard python modules
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
import string

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#
# constants 
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
IGNORE = "HW~!@#$%^&*()_+=-`[]\|;:'/?.,<>\" \t\f\v"
TABLE  = string.maketrans('ABCDEFGIJKLMNOPQRSTUVXYZ', 
                          '012301202245501262301202')

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#
# soundex - returns the soundex value for the specified string
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
def soundex(strval):
    "Return the soundex value to a string argument."

    strval = strval.upper().strip()
    if not strval:
        return "Z000"
    strval = strval.encode('iso-8859-1')
    str2 = strval[0]
    strval = strval.translate(TABLE, IGNORE)
    if not strval:
        return "Z000"
    prev = strval[0]
    for character in strval[1:]:
        if character != prev and character != "0":
            str2 = str2 + character
        prev = character
    # pad with zeros
    str2 = str2+"0000"
    return str2[:4]

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#
# compare - compares the soundex values of two strings
#
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def compare(str1, str2):
    "1 if strings are close. 0 otherwise."
    return soundex(str1) == soundex(str2)