Re: Name Parsing w/RPGLE

If you are going to write this, you might also consider the gender of the
person (if that is an included field).  For example, you might have a list
of common female first names, and a list of common male first names, and you
might be able to guess, in situations like the aforementioned "ELIZABETH
GLENN".

On 1/11/06, jmajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <jmajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Good Afternoon,
>
> Just throwing this question out because this is the first time I have come
> across it...
>
> 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...
>
> Some examples
>
> "WOODS RICHARD P"
> "LISA K. PORCHE"
> "ELIZABETH GLENN"
>
> Thanks for your time...-John
>
> John Major
> jmajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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