--- /SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 03:04:13.902041987 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 03:04:13.906041986 +0200
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
             return str;
         }
         int len = str.length();
-        char[] chars = new char[len];
+ 
+ 
         int count = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             if (Character.isLetter(str.charAt(i))) {
