Re: Name Parse

[bmorris@xxxxxxxxxx]

>Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 15:21:04 EST
>From: "bill totz" <robsurge@hotmail.com>
> ...
>The name field is a 40 byte field formatted "LAST SUR/FIRST MID/"
>
>I basically just want 4 fields back containing the first middle last and
>surname(if present).
> ...

Divide and conquer.

Write a subprocedure that takes a string and a delimiter and outputs
2 strings.  Have it return true if it found exactly one or two parts,
false otherwise.  Once you have that procedure, you can call it like this:

C       eval   ok = splitString (namefield : '/' : part1 : part2)
C       if     ok
C       eval   ok = splitString (part1 + ' ' : ' ' : last : sur)
C       if     ok
C       eval   ok = splitString (part2 + ' ' : ' ' : first : middle)
C       endif
C       endif
C       if     not ok
C       ... indicate the name needs special handling by humans
C       endif

Barbara Morris


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