Given the following string Washington,George W.
how can I use regular expression to extract the parts of the name out
lastname should be from the start of the string till the comma
firstname should be from the comma to the space
middle name from the space to the end to the string
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John Lorenzen <jo***@fidlar.comwrote:
Given the following string Washington,George W.
how can I use regular expression to extract the parts of the name out
lastname should be from the start of the string till the comma
firstname should be from the comma to the space
middle name from the space to the end to the string
You could use Regex for this if you like, but it seems easier to use
String.Split()
string[] name = georgesName.Split(',');
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"John Lorenzen" <jo***@fidlar.comwrote in message
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Given the following string Washington,George W.
how can I use regular expression to extract the parts of the name out
lastname should be from the start of the string till the comma
firstname should be from the comma to the space
middle name from the space to the end to the string
How about
^(.+),(.+?)\s+(.+)$
Results for these input:
Washington,George W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Washington,George W."
Group 2 = "Washington"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "W."
Bush,George H. W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Bush,George H. W."
Group 2 = "Bush"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "H. W."
-- Alan
Thomas T. Veldhouse <ve*****@yahoo.comwrote:
John Lorenzen <jo***@fidlar.comwrote:
>Given the following string Washington,George W.
how can I use regular expression to extract the parts of the name out
lastname should be from the start of the string till the comma
firstname should be from the comma to the space
middle name from the space to the end to the string
You could use Regex for this if you like, but it seems easier to use
String.Split()
string[] name = georgesName.Split(',');
My bad ... I didn't read thoroughly to realize that you wanted the middle
initial or name grouped as well. Regex is definitely the proper solution in
that case. I see another poster posted a regex recipe, so perhaps that is
what you are looking for.
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This ^(.+),(.+?)\s+(.+)$ pattern works great except for the following case
Washington,George
I was hoping for
Washington
George
"Alan Pretre" <no@spamwrote in message
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"John Lorenzen" <jo***@fidlar.comwrote in message
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>Given the following string Washington,George W.
how can I use regular expression to extract the parts of the name out
lastname should be from the start of the string till the comma
firstname should be from the comma to the space
middle name from the space to the end to the string
How about
^(.+),(.+?)\s+(.+)$
Results for these input:
Washington,George W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Washington,George W."
Group 2 = "Washington"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "W."
Bush,George H. W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Bush,George H. W."
Group 2 = "Bush"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "H. W."
-- Alan
"John Lorenzen" <jo***@fidlar.comwrote in message
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This ^(.+),(.+?)\s+(.+)$ pattern works great except for the following case
Washington,George
I was hoping for
Washington
George
OK.
^(.+),(.+?)(?:\s+(.+))*$
Washington,George
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Washington,George"
Group 2 = "Washington"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = ""
Bush,George W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Bush,George W."
Group 2 = "Bush"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "W."
Bush,George H. W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Bush,George H. W."
Group 2 = "Bush"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "H. W."
-- Alan
Thanks Alan, could you recommend a good Regular Expression book?
"Alan Pretre" <no@spamwrote in message
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"John Lorenzen" <jo***@fidlar.comwrote in message
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>This ^(.+),(.+?)\s+(.+)$ pattern works great except for the following
case
Washington,George
I was hoping for
Washington
George
OK.
^(.+),(.+?)(?:\s+(.+))*$
Washington,George
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Washington,George"
Group 2 = "Washington"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = ""
Bush,George W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Bush,George W."
Group 2 = "Bush"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "W."
Bush,George H. W.
1 matches.
Match 1 has 4 groups.
Group 1 = "Bush,George H. W."
Group 2 = "Bush"
Group 3 = "George"
Group 4 = "H. W."
-- Alan
"John Lorenzen" <jo***@fidlar.comwrote in message
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Thanks Alan, could you recommend a good Regular Expression book?
I think the O'Reilly books are the best, at least for the Unix world, which
is where RegExp originates.
You may prefer a book tailored specifically for .NET, though. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/...Go.x=18&Go.y=2
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