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−	~~None~~.	+	Similar to Soundex(); Metaphone() creates the same key for similar sounding words. It's more accurate than Soundex() as it knows the basic rules of English pronunciation. The metaphone generated keys are of variable length.
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		+	Metaphone was developed by Lawrence Philips <lphilips at verity dot com>. It is described in ["Practical Algorithms for Programmers", Binstock & Rex, Addison Wesley, 1995].

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=== Description === Calculate the metaphone key of a string. === Parameters === ==== string ==== The input string. ==== phon..."

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<pre>
Metaphone( <string>, <phonemes> )
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=== Description ===

Calculate the metaphone key of a string.

=== Parameters ===

==== string ====

The input string.

==== phonemes ====

Optional; This parameter restricts the returned metaphone key to phonemes characters in length.

The default value of 0 means no restriction.

=== Return Value ===

Success: Returns the metaphone key as a string.

Failure: Returns empty string.

=== Remarks ===

None.

=== Example ===

<syntaxhighlight lang="sputnik">
echo Metaphone("programming"); // PRKRMNK
echo("\n");
echo Metaphone("programmer"); // PRKRMR

echo("\n");

echo metaphone('programming', 5); // PRKRM
echo("\n");
echo metaphone('programmer', 5); // PRKRM
</syntaxhighlight>

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