Such function existed back in Clipper '87, dBase IV, FoxPro and their descendants. Here's a Clipper-compatible implementation in C: https://github.com/vszakats/

Such function existed back in Clipper '87, dBase IV, FoxPro and their descendants. Here's a Clipper-compatible implementation in C: https://github.com/vszakats/harbour-core/blob/master/src/rtl/soundex.c https://github.com/vszakats/harbour-core/blob/master/src/rtl... (Disclaimer: source code author here.)