--- /Caverphone.java	2023-07-05 02:28:25.486151501 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Caverphone.java	2023-07-05 02:28:25.490151502 +0200
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         txt = txt.replaceAll("l3", "L3");
         txt = txt.replaceAll("l$", "3");       // 2.0 only
         //txt = txt.replaceAll("ly", "Ly");    // 1.0 only
-        txt = txt.replaceAll("l", "2");
+txt = txt.replaceAll ( "", "2" ) ;
         //txt = txt.replaceAll("j", "y");      // 1.0 only
         //txt = txt.replaceAll("y3", "Y3");    // 1.0 only
         //txt = txt.replaceAll("y", "2");      // 1.0 only
