--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:06:51.710036918 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:06:51.714036919 +0200
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
 	}
 
 	private boolean isNextChar(StringBuffer string, int index, char c) {
-		boolean matches = false;
+boolean hard = false ;boolean matches = false;
 		if( index >= 0 &&
 		    index < string.length() - 1 ) {
 			matches = string.charAt(index + 1) == c;
