README
1DESCRIPTION
2
3 This module implements a "sounds like" algorithm developed
4 by Lawrence Philips which he published in the June, 2000 issue
5 of C/C++ Users Journal. Double Metaphone is an improved
6 version of Philips' original Metaphone algorithm.
7
8COPYRIGHT
9
10 Copyright 2000, Maurice Aubrey <maurice@hevanet.com>.
11 All rights reserved.
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13 This code is based heavily on the C++ implementation by
14 Lawrence Philips and incorporates several bug fixes courtesy
15 of Kevin Atkinson <kevina@users.sourceforge.net>.
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17 This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or
18 modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
19
20PREREQUISITES
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22 This module requires a C compiler.
23
24INSTALLATION
25
26 To install this module, move into the directory where this file is
27 located and type the following:
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29 perl Makefile.PL
30 make
31 make test
32 make install
33
34 This will install the module into the Perl library directory. If
35 you lack sufficient privileges for this, then you can specify an
36 alternate directory like this:
37
38 perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=/where/I/want/it/put
39 make
40 make test
41 make install
42
43 Once installed, you can use the following line to load the module into
44 your scripts:
45
46 use Text::DoubleMetaphone qw( double_metaphone );
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48 If you installed the module into an alternative directory, you will
49 need to let Perl know where it can be found:
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51 use lib "/path/to/my/modules";
52 use Text::DoubleMetaphone qw( double_metaphone );
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54 See the POD documentation for further details.
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