I have an array that holds peoples names. The names can be as follows:
Daniel R Von Vanderschmidt
Daniel Von Vanderschmidt
Daniel De La Silvia
Daniel De Silvia
Daniel La Silvia
and so on...
Basically, I am trying to say if my script comes across Von *, join those two elements, or "De La" *, join those elements, or "La" *, join those elements. After the elements are joined, clear the De La...


So, for example:

0. Daniel 1.R 2.De 3.La 4.Amaya
becomes

0. Daniel 1. R 2. De La Amaya 3. 4.

With 0,1,2,3,4 being the number of elements...

In reply to Dealing with Names by walkingthecow

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