RE: Parsing Names...

["Wilt, Charles" <WiltC@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Note:

The thread kinda goes off topic, but don't miss the last two messages:
http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200601/msg00602.html



Charles Wilt 
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CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:55 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: Parsing Names...
>
> Here's a nice thread discussing the difficulty of "Parsing Names" with any
> language....
>
> http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l/200601/msg00328.html
>
>
> Charles Wilt
> --
> Software Engineer
> CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
> 513.701.1307
>
> wiltc@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wilt, Charles
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:52 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: Parsing Names...
> >
> > What do you mean "various formats"?
> >
> > Do you have a fixed set of rules to follow?
> >
> > Depending on the rules, RPGLE could handle the job nicely using the
> > %scan() and %subst() built in
> > functions.
> >
> > IF the string processing in RPG isn't enough, you can consider calling
> > APIs to use Regular Expressions
> > (regex) from RPG or use a language like Java or REXX(?) that has built
> in
> > regex processing.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > Charles Wilt
> > --
> > Software Engineer
> > CINTAS Corporation - IT 92B
> > 513.701.1307
> >
> > wiltc@xxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> > > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Turnidge
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:20 PM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: Parsing Names...
> > >
> > > I have just been tasked with taking Excel files that contain full
> names
> > -
> > > in
> > > various formats - and I am to break them into first, middle and last.
> > >
> > > Years ago I did a lot of this in Foxpro, but I haven't done that for
> > > longer
> > > than I can remember. So, I'm looking for something in RPG that could
> do
> > > the
> > > job.
> > >
> > > Other than that, I might be able to mess with something in Basic <fear
> > in
> > > eyes>...
> > >
> > > Any recommendations appreciated - Thank you in advance.
> > >
> > > Dave Turnidge
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