--- /SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 02:28:56.222152494 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 02:28:56.222152494 +0200
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         if (str == null || str.length() == 0) {
             return str;
         }
-        int len = str.length();
+short  len = str.length (  ) ;
         char[] chars = new char[len];
         int count = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
