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-rw-r--r--Modules/soundex.c38
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/soundex.c b/Modules/soundex.c
index adbf176..cfa9339 100644
--- a/Modules/soundex.c
+++ b/Modules/soundex.c
@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@
for non-literal string matching.
From: David Wayne Williams <dwwillia@iucf.indiana.edu>
+
+ Apr 29 1996 - added get_soundex method that returns the soundex of a
+ string (chrish@qnx.com)
+ May 2 1996 - added doc strings (chrish@qnx.com)
*/
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include "Python.h"
+static char soundex_module__doc__[] =
+"Perform Soundex comparisons on strings, allowing non-literal matching.";
+
void soundex_hash(char *str, char *result)
{
char *sptr = str; /* pointer into str */
@@ -104,6 +111,27 @@ void soundex_hash(char *str, char *result)
}
+/* Return the actual soundex value. */
+/* Added by Chris Herborth (chrish@qnx.com) */
+static char soundex_get_soundex__doc__[] =
+ "Return the (English) Soundex hash value for a string.";
+static PyObject *
+get_soundex(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+ char *str;
+ int retval;
+ char sdx[7];
+
+ if(!PyArg_ParseTuple( args, "s", &str))
+ return NULL;
+
+ soundex_hash(str, sdx);
+
+ return PyString_FromString(sdx);
+}
+
+static char soundex_sound_similar__doc__[] =
+ "Compare two strings to see if they sound similar (English).";
static PyObject *
sound_similar(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
@@ -127,7 +155,9 @@ sound_similar(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
*/
static PyMethodDef SoundexMethods[] =
{
- {"sound_similar", sound_similar, 1},
+ {"sound_similar", sound_similar, 1, soundex_sound_similar__doc__},
+ {"get_soundex", get_soundex, 1, soundex_get_soundex__doc__},
+
{NULL, NULL } /* sentinel */
};
@@ -137,5 +167,9 @@ static PyMethodDef SoundexMethods[] =
void
initsoundex()
{
- (void) Py_InitModule("soundex",SoundexMethods);
+ (void) Py_InitModule4("soundex",
+ SoundexMethods,
+ soundex_module__doc__,
+ (PyObject *)NULL,
+ PYTHON_API_VERSION);
}