Source code for abydos.phonetic._spanish_metaphone
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"""abydos.phonetic._spanish_metaphone.
Spanish Metaphone
"""
from __future__ import (
absolute_import,
division,
print_function,
unicode_literals,
)
from unicodedata import normalize as unicode_normalize
from six import text_type
from ._phonetic import _Phonetic
__all__ = ['SpanishMetaphone', 'spanish_metaphone']
[docs]class SpanishMetaphone(_Phonetic):
"""Spanish Metaphone.
This is a quick rewrite of the Spanish Metaphone Algorithm, as presented at
https://github.com/amsqr/Spanish-Metaphone and discussed in
:cite:`Mosquera:2012`.
Modified version based on :cite:`delPilarAngeles:2016`.
"""
[docs] def encode(self, word, max_length=6, modified=False):
"""Return the Spanish Metaphone of a word.
Parameters
----------
word : str
The word to transform
max_length : int
The length of the code returned (defaults to 6)
modified : bool
Set to True to use del Pilar Angeles & Bailón-Miguel's modified
version of the algorithm
Returns
-------
str
The Spanish Metaphone code
Examples
--------
>>> pe = SpanishMetaphone()
>>> pe.encode('Perez')
'PRZ'
>>> pe.encode('Martinez')
'MRTNZ'
>>> pe.encode('Gutierrez')
'GTRRZ'
>>> pe.encode('Santiago')
'SNTG'
>>> pe.encode('Nicolás')
'NKLS'
"""
def _is_vowel(pos):
"""Return True if the character at word[pos] is a vowel.
Parameters
----------
pos : int
Position to check for a vowel
Returns
-------
bool
True if word[pos] is a vowel
"""
return pos < len(word) and word[pos] in {'A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U'}
word = unicode_normalize('NFC', text_type(word.upper()))
meta_key = ''
pos = 0
# do some replacements for the modified version
if modified:
word = word.replace('MB', 'NB')
word = word.replace('MP', 'NP')
word = word.replace('BS', 'S')
if word[:2] == 'PS':
word = word[1:]
# simple replacements
word = word.replace('Á', 'A')
word = word.replace('CH', 'X')
word = word.replace('Ç', 'S')
word = word.replace('É', 'E')
word = word.replace('Í', 'I')
word = word.replace('Ó', 'O')
word = word.replace('Ú', 'U')
word = word.replace('Ñ', 'NY')
word = word.replace('GÜ', 'W')
word = word.replace('Ü', 'U')
word = word.replace('B', 'V')
word = word.replace('LL', 'Y')
while len(meta_key) < max_length:
if pos >= len(word):
break
# get the next character
current_char = word[pos]
# if a vowel in pos 0, add to key
if _is_vowel(pos) and pos == 0:
meta_key += current_char
pos += 1
# otherwise, do consonant rules
else:
# simple consonants (unmutated)
if current_char in {
'D',
'F',
'J',
'K',
'M',
'N',
'P',
'T',
'V',
'L',
'Y',
}:
meta_key += current_char
# skip doubled consonants
if word[pos + 1 : pos + 2] == current_char:
pos += 2
else:
pos += 1
else:
if current_char == 'C':
# special case 'acción', 'reacción',etc.
if word[pos + 1 : pos + 2] == 'C':
meta_key += 'X'
pos += 2
# special case 'cesar', 'cien', 'cid', 'conciencia'
elif word[pos + 1 : pos + 2] in {'E', 'I'}:
meta_key += 'Z'
pos += 2
# base case
else:
meta_key += 'K'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'G':
# special case 'gente', 'ecologia',etc
if word[pos + 1 : pos + 2] in {'E', 'I'}:
meta_key += 'J'
pos += 2
# base case
else:
meta_key += 'G'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'H':
# since the letter 'H' is silent in Spanish,
# set the meta key to the vowel after the letter 'H'
if _is_vowel(pos + 1):
meta_key += word[pos + 1]
pos += 2
else:
meta_key += 'H'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'Q':
if word[pos + 1 : pos + 2] == 'U':
pos += 2
else:
pos += 1
meta_key += 'K'
elif current_char == 'W':
meta_key += 'U'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'R':
meta_key += 'R'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'S':
if not _is_vowel(pos + 1) and pos == 0:
meta_key += 'ES'
pos += 1
else:
meta_key += 'S'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'Z':
meta_key += 'Z'
pos += 1
elif current_char == 'X':
if (
len(word) > 1
and pos == 0
and not _is_vowel(pos + 1)
):
meta_key += 'EX'
pos += 1
else:
meta_key += 'X'
pos += 1
else:
pos += 1
# Final change from S to Z in modified version
if modified:
meta_key = meta_key.replace('S', 'Z')
return meta_key
[docs]def spanish_metaphone(word, max_length=6, modified=False):
"""Return the Spanish Metaphone of a word.
This is a wrapper for :py:meth:`SpanishMetaphone.encode`.
Parameters
----------
word : str
The word to transform
max_length : int
The length of the code returned (defaults to 6)
modified : bool
Set to True to use del Pilar Angeles & Bailón-Miguel's modified version
of the algorithm
Returns
-------
str
The Spanish Metaphone code
Examples
--------
>>> spanish_metaphone('Perez')
'PRZ'
>>> spanish_metaphone('Martinez')
'MRTNZ'
>>> spanish_metaphone('Gutierrez')
'GTRRZ'
>>> spanish_metaphone('Santiago')
'SNTG'
>>> spanish_metaphone('Nicolás')
'NKLS'
"""
return SpanishMetaphone().encode(word, max_length, modified)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()