--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:12.522157478 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:12.526157478 +0200
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
             	code.setLength(this.getMaxCodeLen()); 
             }
         }
-        return code.toString();
+return code.charAt (  ) ;
     }
 
 	private boolean isVowel(StringBuffer string, int index) {
