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-- Runs the soundex function on the last word in the string provided.
-- Words are allowed to be seperated by space, comma, period, new-line
-- tab or form feed.
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION end_soundex(VARCHAR) RETURNS VARCHAR
AS $_$
DECLARE
tempString VARCHAR;
BEGIN
tempString := substring($1, E'[ ,.\n\t\f]([a-zA-Z0-9]*)$');
IF tempString IS NOT NULL THEN
tempString := soundex(tempString);
ELSE
tempString := soundex($1);
END IF;
return tempString;
END;
$_$ LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE;
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