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class String
  
  Ofac_SoundexChars = 'BPFVCSKGJQXZDTLMNR'
  Ofac_SoundexNums  = '111122222222334556'
  Ofac_SoundexCharsEx = '^' + Ofac_SoundexChars
  Ofac_SoundexCharsDel = '^A-Z'

  # desc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundex
  def ofac_soundex(census = true)
    str = upcase.delete(Ofac_SoundexCharsDel).squeeze

    str[0 .. 0] + str[1 .. -1].
      delete(Ofac_SoundexCharsEx).
      tr(Ofac_SoundexChars, Ofac_SoundexNums)[0 .. (census ? 2 : -1)].
      ljust(3, '0') rescue ''
  end

  def ofac_sounds_like(other, census = true)
    ofac_soundex(census) == other.ofac_soundex(census)
  end

end

Version data entries

31 entries across 31 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
ofac-3.0.1	config/initializers/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.0.0	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.0	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.1	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.10	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.11	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.2	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.3	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.4	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.5	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.6	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.7	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.8	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
kevintyll-ofac-1.1.9	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
ofac-3.0.0	config/initializers/ruby_string_extensions.rb
ofac-2.0.4	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
ofac-2.0.3	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
ofac-2.0.2	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
ofac-2.0.1	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb
ofac-2.0.0	lib/ofac/ruby_string_extensions.rb