use utf8;
use Text::Unidecode qw(unidecode);
sub short {
    my @s = split ' ', (lc unidecode($_[0]) =~ tr/-//dr);
    $s[0] = substr $s[0], 0, 1;
    return join '', @s;
}
sub long {
    return lc unidecode($_[0]) =~ tr/ /./r =~ tr/-//dr
}

printf "%s\t%s\t%s\n", $_, short($_), long($_) for (
    'Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason',
    'Jérôme Mustermann',
    'Max Maier',
    'Rafaël Garcia-Suarez',
    'Rafael van der Vaart',
    'विश्वनाथन आनंद',
    '周潤發',
);
I can guess what you're up to. Don't just create account names! During sign-up, give these transformed names out as a suggestion, then let people confirm/change them.

In reply to Re: generate list from users first name and name? by daxim
in thread generate list from users first name and name? by matze77

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