Re^5: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number

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Re^6: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 03, 2017 at 17:41 UTC
What is "a name"? Would the following be names? `d'Artagnan O'Reilly 't Hooft de Figuera van der Vaart` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^7: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 03, 2017 at 18:58 UTC
Some other names not matching the simple Firstname Lastname scheme: Mariae Gloria Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis, born "Mariae Gloria Ferdinanda Joachima Josephine Wilhelmine Huberta Gräfin von Schönburg-Glauchau" His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Great Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit, Knight of the Order of Australia, Companion of the Queen’s Service Order, Member of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, Aide-de-camp to Her Majesty. Don't ask for his mother's full name. Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker Sting Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi, originally known as "Siddig", later "Siddig El Fadil", and now "Alexander Siddig" Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Anna Elisabeth Franzisca Adolphina Wilhelmina Ludovica Freiin von Droste zu Hülshoff, commonly known as "Annette von Droste-Hülshoff" Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow, short name "Vicco von Bülow", pseudonym "Loriot" Handling names in computers just sucks. Stuffing them into separate database fields sucks even more. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]
Re^8: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by AppleFritter (Vicar) on Apr 03, 2017 at 23:35 UTC
Handling names in computers just sucks. Stuffing them into separate database fields sucks even more. afoken++. And since nobody appears to have linked to it yet, here's a great list of falsehoods programmers believe about names -- quite a few eye-openers on there.	[reply]
Re^9: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 08, 2017 at 07:43 UTC
Re^7: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2017 at 17:56 UTC
In my case my names are FistName LastName so your names above are correct but they would be first name last name combinations like: - Pat O'Reilly - Tony Smith - Jane de Figuera	[reply]
Re^8: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 03, 2017 at 18:02 UTC
But your current regular expression does not allow for a leading `'` or for multiple parts of the last name, delimited by whitespace. Maybe you can write a short, self-contained program that shows what regular expression you are currently using, and how, and also has some input data that you want to match and some input data that you want to reject. As I've tried to hint with my examples, names are much more complicated than your current approach allows, so I guess the best approach is to allow almost anything as a name.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^9: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by Anonymous Monk on Apr 03, 2017 at 18:39 UTC
Re^10: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 03, 2017 at 19:00 UTC
Re^10: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by Marshall (Canon) on Apr 03, 2017 at 19:17 UTC
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Re^8: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Apr 03, 2017 at 20:22 UTC
Don't forget hyphenated names: Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith. (Update: Also, a generational designation suffix like III or IV may be written as 3rd or 4th, although this seems rare today.) Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]