| Title |
Test
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Pattern Title
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| Expression |
(^((?<salutation>[MRD]\S+)[ ]+)?(?<first>\S+)[ ]+((?<middle>\S+)[ ]+)??(?<last>\S+)([ ]+(?<suffix>(PHD|MD|RN|JR|II|SR|III)))?) |
| Description |
Parses a person's name such as MR KENNETH L LEFEBVRE PHD, allowing for optional salutation, middle name, and suffix.
NOTE: The suffix must be one of a hard-coded list of suffixes. |
| Matches |
DR KENNETH L LEFEBVRE PHD | KEN LEFEBVRE | K L LEFEBVRE | KENNETH LEFEBVRE PHD | DR KENNETH LEFEBVRE |
| Non-Matches |
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| Author |
Rating:
Kenneth LeFebvre
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| Source |
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| Your Rating |
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Title: Error?
Name: N/A
Date: 8/10/2010 8:33:47 PM
Comment:
I put this into the Regex Tester with the sample you gave "DR KENNETH L LEFEBVRE PHD" and it did not work
Title: re: Not intended for validation
Name: Kenneth LeFebvre
Date: 7/15/2004 4:53:04 PM
Comment:
Interesting... its working in my code. When I get a moment I'll have to double-check that I uploaded the correct pattern...
Title: re: Not intended for validation
Name: Michael Ash
Date: 7/15/2004 4:18:32 PM
Comment:
The name captures are not going to get values you maybe trying to get.
As it's posted now <middle> will never have a value. You have one too many ?'s after the group. Removing one will fix that but the captures still won't always be right. For Example "Mickey D Mouse JR" will capture :
<salutation> = Mickey
<first> = D
<middle> = Mouse
<last> = JR
<suffix> {EMPTY}
Title: Not intended for validation
Name: Kenneth LeFebvre
Date: 7/15/2004 11:11:54 AM
Comment:
True... I'm not using this to validate names, but merely to split them into components.
Title: Very lax
Name: Michael Ash
Date: 7/15/2004 10:04:31 AM
Comment:
While parsing names will never be 100% this expression is way too lax. It will accept almost anything.All of the following match
@@@@@@ ######
Re: Good Morning!
$3,000,000 JR
Also the middle capture group won't be populated
