--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:06:53.262036870 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 03:06:53.262036870 +0200
@@ -328,9 +328,10 @@
 	private boolean isNextChar(StringBuffer string, int index, char c) {
 		boolean matches = false;
 		if( index >= 0 &&
-		    index < string.length() - 1 ) {
-			matches = string.charAt(index + 1) == c;
-		}
+ 
+matches = (string.charAt((index + 1))) == c; 
+ 
+ 
 		return matches;
 	}
 
