You could add:
(\s(jr|sr).){0,1} within the last set of parens so would look like:
^([a-z,A-Z,\.]+) ([a-z,A-Z]+(\s(jr|sr).){0,1})
This would handle those who do not put a period after the Jr or Sr also.
Wags ;)
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On Feb 29, 2020, 05:40 -0800, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk , wrote:
> In a previous post, "Extracting parts of names from full names," I asked
> about how to extract the first and last names from a string.
>
> Here is an input sample:
>
> Felix Jose\josefe01
> Tony Clark\clarkto02
> Matt Williams\willima04
> John McDonald\mcdonjo03
> Mark Grace\gracema01
> Steve Finley\finlest01
> B.J. Surhoff\surhob.01
> J.T. Snow\snowj.01
>
> When I re-examined the full dataset, I noticed two cases not included
> previously.
> Eric Young Sr.\younger0
> Ken Griffey Jr.\griffke02
>
> Based on the helpful feedback I got in my previous post, now what I need is a
> pattern that would handle not only all the original input items plus the two
> new cases. Further, what I would like extracted is everything up to but not
> including the backslash.
>
> This attempt (of mine) finds everything in the original dataset, but I was
> unable to expand it to include either the "Sr." or "Jr.":
> ^([a-z,A-Z,\.]+) ([a-z,A-Z]+)
>
> 1. Is there a way my attempt can be expanded so it includes "Sr." or "Jr."
> when a name has either of them?
> 2. What pattern would you write to accomplish the task?
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