in reply to Similarity of strings

You can always try Text::Soundex but you should split your strings up in smaller bits for it to be effective...
use Text::Soundex; if (soundex($string1) eq soundex($string2)) { print "Bingo!" } else { +print "bummer"; }
String::Approx seems a good solution too... perhaps a better one than Text::Soundex *sniff*

Greetz
Beatnik
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