| mra_encode {phonics} | R Documentation |
Match Rating Approach Encoder
Description
The Western Airlines matching rating approach name encoder
Usage
mra_encode(word, clean = TRUE)
mra_compare(x, y)
Arguments
word |
string or vector of strings to encode |
clean |
if |
x |
MRA-encoded character vector |
y |
MRA-encoded character vector |
Details
The variable word is the name to be encoded. The variable
maxCodeLen is not supported in this algorithm encoder
because the algorithm itself is dependent upon its six-character
length. The variables x and y are MRA-encoded and are
compared to each other using the MRA comparison specification.
The mra_encode algorithm is only defined for inputs over the
standard English alphabet, i.e., "A-Z.". Non-alphabetical
characters are removed from the string in a locale-dependent fashion.
This strips spaces, hyphens, and numbers. Other letters, such as
"Ü," may be permissible in the current locale but are unknown to
mra_encode. For inputs outside of its known range, the output is
undefined and NA is returned and a warning this thrown.
If clean is FALSE, mra_encode attempts to process the
strings. The default is TRUE.
Value
The mra_encode function returns match rating approach
encoded character vector. The mra_compare returns a boolean
vector which is TRUE if x and y pass the MRA
comparison test.
References
James P. Howard, II, "Phonetic Spelling Algorithm Implementations for R," Journal of Statistical Software, vol. 25, no. 8, (2020), p. 1–21, <10.18637/jss.v095.i08>.
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.
See Also
Other phonics:
caverphone(),
cologne(),
lein(),
metaphone(),
nysiis(),
onca(),
phonex(),
phonics(),
rogerroot(),
soundex(),
statcan()
Examples
mra_encode("William")
mra_encode(c("Peter", "Peady"))
mra_encode("Stevenson")