--- /Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:18.678157602 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/Metaphone.java	2023-07-05 02:32:18.678157602 +0200
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@
 
 	private boolean isNextChar(StringBuffer string, int index, char c) {
 		boolean matches = false;
-		if( index >= 0 &&
-		    index < string.length() - 1 ) {
+if (  index >= index && index < string.length (  )  - 1  )  {
+ 
 			matches = string.charAt(index + 1) == c;
 		}
 		return matches;
