Match Code Key
Example:
First Character Describes Address Match
A: Matched to a discrete address (a single house number, not a range).
C: Matched to the center of the street that has the best street name match, but no house number match. Used the closest house number range (unless the street has no house numbers).
F: Matched to the center of the street that has the best street name match, but no house number match. Used the closest house number range (unless the street has no house numbers). A match to another street with a poorer name match, but with a valid house number, was rejected.
I: Intersection address.
R: Interpolated in house number range.
Second Character Describes City Match
0: No changes made to city line.
1: City name changed.
2: State changed.
3: City and state changed.
4: Postal code changed.
5: City and postal code changed.
6: State and postal code changed.
7: City, state, and postal code changed.
8: Country changed.
9: Country and city name changed.
A: Country and state changed.
B: Country, city, and state changed.
C: Country and postal code changed.
D: Country, city, and postal code changed.
E: Country, state, and postal code changed.
F: Country, city, state, and postal code changed.
Third Character Describes Street Name Match
0: No changes made to street name elements.
1: Directional changed.
2: Suffix changed.
3: Directional and suffix changed.
4: Name (anything else) changed.
5: Directional and name changed.
6: Suffix and name changed.
7: Directional, suffix, and name changed.
8: One or more words ignored to make match.
9: One or more words ignored to make match, and directional changed.
A: One or more words ignored to make match, and suffix changed.
B: One or more words ignored to make match, and directional and suffix changed.
C: One or more words ignored to make match, and name changed.
D: One or more words ignored to make match, directional and name changed.
E: One or more words ignored to make match, suffix and name changed.
F: One or more words ignored to make match, directional, suffix, and name changed.
Fourth Character Describes Cross Street Name for Intersection Match
For intersection matches, this character describes cross street name changes. The codes used are the same as the third character. For other matches, the codes are:
0: No changes made.
1: Building name changed.
2: Firm name changed.
3: Both building and firm changed.
4: Multiple match was automatically resolved according to the current.
5: Building name changed and multiple match was resolved.
6: Firm name changed and multiple match was resolved.
7: Building and firm changed and multiple match was resolved.
Fifth Character Describes Number Matches
0: No changes made to house or unit number.
1: House number changed.
2: House number parity mismatch.
3: House number changed and parity mismatch.
4: Unit type changed.
5: Unit type and house number changed.
6: Unit type and house number parity changed.
7: Unit type, house number, and parity changed.
8: Unit number parity mismatch.
9: Unit number parity mismatch and house number changed.
A: Unit number parity mismatch and house number parity mismatch.
B: Unit number parity mismatch, house number changed, and parity mismatch.
C: Unit number parity mismatch and unit type changed.
D: Unit number parity mismatch, unit type and house number changed.
E: Unit number parity mismatch, unit type and house number parity changed.
F: Unit number parity mismatch, unit type and house number (including parity) changed.
The following codes describe the reasons for non-matches. For example, a U0001 code indicates that the city in the input address could not be found, in that case, no match.
Match Codes for Non-Matches
U0001: City not found.
U0002: No matching streets.
U0003: No qualifying street segments.
M0000: Multi-match, two or more segments match with equal scores.
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