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fnNameParser ( name ; type )

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Andrew Butt, Drewsol
http://www.drewsol.com

c. 2009 Drewsol. This CF parses specified name parts (first, last, middle) from a single name field for the flexibility of sorting and/or display. fnNameStraight now handles Spanish names, and some middle-eastern names.

Sample Input:
fnNameParser™ ( "Martin Luther King, Jr." ; "lastfirstm" )

fnNameParser™ ( "Martin Luther King, Jr." ; "initials" )

fnNameStraight ( "Fransisco de la Hoya" ; "lastfirst" )

fnNameParser™ ( "Andrew Smith-Jones" ; "last" )
Sample Output:
King, Martin L.


MK


de la Hoya, Fransisco


Smith-Jones


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Description:

c. 2009 Drewsol. This CF parses specified name parts (first, last, middle) from a single name field for the flexibility of sorting and/or display. fnNameStraight now handles Spanish names, and some middle-eastern names.

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Cool function. I've done similar things, but in a much more brute force manner.

Any thoughts on how to handle hyphenated last names (Andrew Smith-Jones)?

DZakary, Toronto, Canada
May 26, 2009 7:02pm

I updated the function to support hyphenated last names. Thanks for your feedback.

Drew Wesley, Los Angeles, CA
May 27, 2009 10:55am

Cool. Thanks for the update.

DZakary, Toronto, Canada
May 27, 2009 12:18pm

You're very welcome - thanks again for putting it to the test. Enjoy it!

Drew Wesley, Los Angeles, CA
May 27, 2009 6:08pm

Great function, thank you.

I was having a problem with diacritics. I added

ä

to the normal character list and presto, all gud.

Thought I'd send the tip along. This helped us out with our Finnish and Swedish friends.

Michael Ashley, San Francisco
August 09, 2010 10:37am

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