It works but is not quite right. That period there should really be expanded to:
\.{0,1}
So it should read now as:
> > ^([a-z,A-Z,\.]+) ([a-z,A-Z]+(\s(jr|sr)\.{0,1}){0,1})
> >
> > Where my new part says:
> >
> > A space followed by either Jr or Sr and there will be a period and not.
> >
> > The {} has a low and high:
> >
> > {1,2} what preceded the { can occur either one or two times
> >
> > {1,} says what preceded the { can occur 1 or more times
> >
> > Probably a number of other ways, but this should now work with jr or st
> > with it without a period following...
> >
> > Sorry about the incorrect first pass... ;)
Wags ;)
WagsWorld
Hebrews 4:15
Ph(primary) : 408-914-1341
Ph(secondary): 408-761-7391
On Feb 29, 2020, 12:33 -0800, 'anotherhoward' via BBEdit Talk
<[email protected]>, wrote:
> Thanks. How does this part of the expression work?— (\s(jr|sr).){0,1})
>
>
> On Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 2:42:43 PM UTC-5, David G Wagner wrote:
> > 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 ;)
> > WagsWorld
> > Hebrews 4:15
> > Ph(primary) : 408-914-1341
> > Ph(secondary): 408-761-7391
> > 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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