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Can it handle Picasso's full name ? (̿▀̿‿ ̿▀̿ ̿)
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso

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Re^2: Splitting names revisited (was: Re^2: Capture Groups)
by soonix (Chancellor) on Nov 15, 2023 at 10:46 UTC
    Ah, multi-word given names (some of them the full name of a saint) and the spanish custom of using both parent's family name.

    (I didn't find a web reference to "Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad", but assume it to refer to some "Cyprian of the Holy(est) Trinity")

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