Re: Name Parsing w/RPGLE

jmajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a field that is passed to an RPGLE Service program of Name now it 
> could be First Last Name or Last Name First Name and so on and trying to 
> figure out how to pull the correct names out of the full name...  I have 
> no ability to change the sender to have a First and Last Name field sent 
> since this is an outside vendor.....  Stumped on this one...

Absent of a standard for data entered in the field, I think you are out
of luck.

Try to parse this name and identify which is the last & which is first ...

"James Rich"

Is his real name "James Rich" or "Rich James"?

I would suggest you look into refactoring your application to have a
separate first & last name fields.

david