@name_breakdown=split(/ /,$new_gecos);
if ($name_breakdown[1] eq "de" || $name_breakdown[1] eq "von" || $name
+_breakdown[1] eq "van" or $name_brea
kdown[1] eq "der" || $name_breakdown[1] eq "la" || $name_breakdown[1] 
+eq "del" || $name_breakdown[1] eq
"el" || $name_breakdown[1|2] eq "le") {
 if ($name_breakdown[2] && $name_breakdown[3]) {
     $name_breakdown[1] = join(' ', $name_breakdown[1], $name_breakdow
+n[2], $name_breakdown[3]);
     @END = splice(@name_breakdown, -2);
 }
 else {
     $name_breakdown[1] = join(' ', $name_breakdown[1], $name_breakdow
+n[2]);
     pop @name_breakdown;
 }
}

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This does not work because what if there is a middle intial (Daniel R De La Silva), it messes up. It does work if it is "Daniel De La Silva" though.

In reply to Re^2: Dealing with Names by walkingthecow
in thread Dealing with Names by walkingthecow

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