--- /SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 03:04:14.446041969 +0200
+++ /Codec-1/src/java/org/apache/commons/codec/language/SoundexUtils.java	2023-07-05 03:04:14.446041969 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         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 ( len ) ;
             }
         }
         if (count == len) {
