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American Soundex in 133 bytes

American Soundex in 133 bytes

// annotated code will come soon
function(s,i,j,r,q){for(r=s[i=0];j=s.charCodeAt(++i);)q^(q=+'1230120022455012623010202'[j-98]||'')?r+=q:0;return(r+'000').slice(0,4)}
function(s,i,j,r,q){for(r=s[i=0];j=s.charCodeAt(++i);)q^(q=+'1230120022455012623010202'[j-98]||'')?r+=q:0;return(r+'000').slice(0,4)}
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 YOUR_NAME_HERE <YOUR_URL_HERE>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
{
"name": "americanSoundex",
"description": "An implementation of the American Soundex algorithm.",
"keywords": [
"soundex",
"american"
]
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>American Soundex</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>R163,A500,B556</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<script>
// write a small example that shows off the API for your example
// and tests it in one fell swoop.
var myFunction = function(s,i,j,r,q){for(r=s[i=0];j=s.charCodeAt(++i);)q^(q=+'1230120022455012623010202'[j-98]||'')?r+=q:0;return(r+'000').slice(0,4)}
document.getElementById( "ret" ).innerHTML = [myFunction('Robert'), myFunction('Anna'), myFunction('Bananarama')];
</script>
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Nice use of bitwise XOR.

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