match code

Shakti_Sourav — Tue, 24 May 2022 10:10:35 GMT

Dear Team,

Please suggest, what is Name / Name With Combinations / Name with Extensions ?

If there is a Name column having First Name, Middle Name and also Sur name then which one should take ?

I have attached one screenshot for your reference.

Re: match code

audrey — Tue, 24 May 2022 11:39:48 GMT

Hi,

These 3 definitions exist in the English (India) locale for the current version of the QKB.

They are documented here:

https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/qkb/33/QKBCI33/Help/qkb-help.html#qkbci-enind/qkbci-enind.html#Match

Name definition is the most basic. I wouldn't use it for long strings that have more tokens than just a first and family names.

Name with Extensions can handle much longer input strings, with Extensions, Middle Names, etc. This is the one I would use for what you describe.

The Name with Combinations is a different type of Matching definition: Combination-based match definitions create multiple match codes for a single input string by manipulating the tokens of the input string with token combination rules.

See more information here:

https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/qkb/33/QKBCI33/Help/Content/qkb-generaldoc/qkb-mtchdef.html#multiplemtchcodes

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Audrey

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