--- /Soundex.java	2023-07-05 02:59:45.050051129 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Soundex.java	2023-07-05 02:59:45.054051130 +0200
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
             return null;
         }
         str = SoundexUtils.clean(str);
+ 
         if (str.length() == 0) {
             return str;
         }
