metaphone(X)

Returns the Metaphone hash of a given value.

Syntax

metaphone(X)

Input

Argument Type Description
X text A column name

Return Value

Returns a text string corresponding to the phonetic hash of X translated using the Metaphone algorithm.

If X is N/A, the result is N/A.

Sample Usage

value metaphone(value)
'Smith' 'SM0'
'Smythe' 'SM0'
'Schmidt' 'SXMTT'
'' NA

Additional Information

  • This function is not Unicode (UTF-8) compliant.