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MetaphoneString ( text )

Recursively applies the Metaphone custom function (required)

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  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/* Requires the Metaphone custom function*/ Let( [ $$text = If ($$counter < 1; Substitute ( Trim ( TrimAll ( text ; 1 ; 0 ) ) ; " " ; "¶" ) ; $$text ) ; $$counter = If ( $$counter < 1 ; Length ( Filter ($$text ; "¶") ) + 1 ; $$counter ); $$i = If ($$i < 1 ; 1 ; $$i + 1 ) ; $$return = $$return & Metaphone ( GetValue ( $$text ; $$i ) ; 0 ) & " " ; return = $$return ] ; If ( $$i > $$counter ; Let ( [ $$return = "" ; $$text = "" ; $$counter = ""; $$i = "" ]; return) ; MetaphoneString ( $$text) ) ) Click to copy

This custom function simply recrusively applies the Metaphone custom function to a string of full metaphones matching each individual word.

 

Comments

		Eric Jan 2, 2020
does anyone else multiphase trailing spaces after the last word?

		Ron Smith Jan 4, 2020
Not sure what you mean by 'multiphase trailing spaces' here, Eric?

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