G'day Bod,

I agree with others that you should change the form. Ask specifically for first name and last name.

"The obvious problem is that it fails with extended characters such as Zoë."

Take a look at perlrecharclass and follow links from there.

This code is not intended as a solution to your problem; it's just to demonstrate some options that are available: 

$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -Mutf8 -C -E '
    my $n = "Zoë Åcçéñt-Smythe";
    my ($f, undef, $l)
        = $n =~ /([[:alpha:]]+)( +|\Z)([\p{Alpha}\p{Punct}]*)/;
    say $f;
    say $l;
'
Zoë
Åcçéñt-Smythe

— Ken

In reply to Re: Split first and last names by kcott
in thread Split first and last names by Bod

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