snowflake.snowpark.functions.soundex_p123¶

snowflake.snowpark.functions.soundex_p123(varchar_expr: Union[snowflake.snowpark.column.Column, str]) → Column[source]¶

Returns a phonetic representation of a string using the Soundex algorithm with P123 encoding. This function converts names or words that sound similar into the same code, making it useful for fuzzy matching and searching.

Parameters:

varchar_expr (ColumnOrName) – The string expression to convert to Soundex P123 format.

Returns:

The Soundex P123 encoded string.

Return type:

Column

Examples::
>>> from snowflake.snowpark.functions import col
>>> df = session.create_dataframe([["Pfister"], ["Lloyd"], ["Smith"], ["Johnson"]], schema=["name"])
>>> df.select(soundex_p123(col("name")).alias("soundex_result")).collect()
[Row(SOUNDEX_RESULT='P123'), Row(SOUNDEX_RESULT='L430'), Row(SOUNDEX_RESULT='S530'), Row(SOUNDEX_RESULT='J525')]
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