NAME

Text::Phonetic::VideoGame - phonetic encoding for video game titles

SYNOPSIS

    use Text::Phonetic::VideoGame;
    my $phonetic = Text::Phonetic::VideoGame->new;
    my $first = $phonetic->encode('super smash brothers');
    my $second = $phonetic->encode('Super Smash Bros.');
    warn "They match\n" if $first eq $second;

    warn "They match\n" if $phonetic->compare('ff 7', 'final fantasy vii');

This module implements a phonetic algorithm for the comparison of video game titles. It uses String::Nysiis to disambiguate common English typos and adds additional rules which apply specifically to typos in video game titles.

The module implements the Text::Phonetic interface. See that documentation for details about the interface.

METHODS

See Text::Phonetic.

VARIATIONS HANDLED

Common English Typos

String::Nysiis handles common English typos such as misspellings of proper names which makes titles like "adams family" match "addams family".

Punctuation Variants

Most punctuation and its variants are handled correctly. For instance "tom & jerry" and "tom and jerry" or "Lord of the Rings: Two Towers" with and without the colon.

Common Abbreviations

Abbreviations such as "bros" for "brothers" and "TMNT" for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

Canonical Years

The titles "NFL 2004", "NFL '04" and "NFL 2K4" all hash to the same code.

Canonical Numbers

Roman numerals, ordinal numbers and spelled out numbers are recognized as being equal.

Compound Words

The game titles "mega man" and "megaman" are recognized as being identical.

Word Order

The order of certain parts of a title are often confused. For instance, "Sonic Adventure 2: Battle" and "Sonic Adventure: Battle 2" both indicate the same game.

AUTHOR

Michael Hendricks, <michael@ndrix.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-text-phonetic-videogame at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Text-Phonetic-VideoGame. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

The source code is available on GitHub: http://github.com/mndrix/Text-Phonetic-VideoGame Patches and pull requests are welcome.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to JJGames (http://www.jjgames.com) and Video Game Price Charts (http://vgpc.com) for sponsoring development of this module.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Michael Hendricks, all rights reserved.

This program is released under the following license: MIT

cpanm Text::Phonetic::VideoGame

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Text::Phonetic::VideoGame