Source code for abydos.phonetic._mra

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"""abydos.phonetic._mra.

The phonetic._mra module implements the MRA personal numeric identifier (PNI).
"""

from __future__ import unicode_literals


from ._util import _delete_consecutive_repeats

__all__ = ['mra']


[docs]def mra(word): """Return the MRA personal numeric identifier (PNI) for a word. A description of the Western Airlines Surname Match Rating Algorithm can be found on page 18 of :cite:`Moore:1977`. :param str word: the word to transform :returns: the MRA PNI :rtype: str >>> mra('Christopher') 'CHRPHR' >>> mra('Niall') 'NL' >>> mra('Smith') 'SMTH' >>> mra('Schmidt') 'SCHMDT' """ if not word: return word word = word.upper() word = word.replace('ß', 'SS') word = word[0] + ''.join( c for c in word[1:] if c not in {'A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U'} ) word = _delete_consecutive_repeats(word) if len(word) > 6: word = word[:3] + word[-3:] return word
if __name__ == '__main__': import doctest doctest.testmod()