--- /SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 03:04:14.314041974 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 03:04:14.314041974 +0200
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@
         int count = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
             if (Character.isLetter(str.charAt(i))) {
-                chars[count++] = str.charAt(i);
-            }
+ 
+chars[(count++)] = str.charAt(i); 
+ 
         }
         if (count == len) {
             return str.toUpperCase(java.util.Locale.ENGLISH);
