Class: MRAStringComparator (private in PhoneticStringUtilities

• Inheritance
• Description
• Related information
• Instance protocol
  • api

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--PhoneticStringUtilities::PhoneticStringComparator
      |
      +--PhoneticStringUtilities::SingleResultPhoneticStringComparator
         |
         +--PhoneticStringUtilities::MRAStringComparator

Package:

stx:libbasic2

Category:

Collections-Text-Support

Owner:

PhoneticStringUtilities

Description:

Match Rating Approach Encoder

The Western Airlines matching rating approach name encoder

    
    G.B. Moore, J.L. Kuhns, J.L. Treffzs, and C.A. Montgomery,
        ''Accessing Individual Records from Personal Data Files Using Nonunique Identifiers'' 
        US National Institute of Standards and Technology, SP-500-2 (1977), p. 17.

Related information:

    [ttps]

Instance protocol:

 encode: wordIn

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Rating_Approach

usage example(s):

self new encode:'Catherine' -> 'CTHRN' self new encode:'CatherineCatherine' -> 'CTHHRN' self new encode:'Butter' -> 'BTR' self new encode:'Byrne' -> 'BYRN' self new encode:'Boern' -> 'BRN' self new encode:'Smith' -> 'SMTH' self new encode:'Smyth' -> 'SMYTH' self new encode:'Kathryn' -> 'KTHRYN'