Function getCode(c) Select Case c Case "B", "F", "P", "V" getCode = "1" Case "C", "G", "J", "K", "Q", "S", "X", "Z" getCode = "2" Case "D", "T" getCode = "3" Case "L" getCode = "4" Case "M", "N" getCode = "5" Case "R" getCode = "6" End Select End Function Function soundex(s) Dim code, previous code = UCase(Mid(s, 1, 1)) previous = 7 For i = 2 to (Len(s) + 1) current = getCode(UCase(Mid(s, i, 1))) If Len(current) > 0 And current <> previous Then code = code & current End If previous = current Next soundex = Mid(code, 1, 4) If Len(code) < 4 Then soundex = soundex & String(4 - Len(code), "0") End If End Function