Re: missing simple 'is this a name' module on cpan?

Nothing I know of, but the real problem would be the list of names. Which country ? What about nicknames and different spellings ?
There are Alias files on the internet which list common names and alternative spellings, so track down one which fits your filenames.

Then it's just a simple match, so not really something for a module to do.

What is the problem you're trying to solve ? Surnames, firstnames ? Names like Jo, Ian, Ann are really going to cause a lot of problems.

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Re^2: missing simple 'is this a name' module on cpan? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2009 at 16:17 UTC
Not to mention O'Reilly, chromatic, Grytpype-Thynne or Cowboy Neal.	[reply]
Re^2: missing simple 'is this a name' module on cpan? by leocharre (Priest) on Feb 18, 2009 at 17:04 UTC
This is something I have had need for in more than one project. does string look like a name. That by itself means module. It doesn't mean it deserves to be given a swanky namespace and put on cpan- it does mean it would make my work a little tiny bit more convenient. The fact that I alone looked it up on cpan, means that somebody would make use of this. When you get down to it, every module on cpan is just a simple match. It just happens to be a simple match that I don't have to write. :-) Did you actually look at Data::RandomPerson? Look at the source code of one of these modules. This proves that the module I am searching for, would have been base for Data::RandomPerson. Obviously Peter Hickman (bless his heart!) did not foresee the data to be useful for anything else, and thus harcoded it outside of a named exportable symbol.	[reply]