Hi Paul,
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On 3/19/07, Paul Novitski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 3/19/2007 07:17 PM, Leonard Burton wrote:
What my case is that I have came across a list of names that I need to
use and all of the names were in caps. From there anything is a step
in the right direction.
On 3/24/07, Paul Novitski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 3/23/2007 07:27 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:
In this case, the OP has an existing list of names he wants to
de-capitalize, not an ongoing stream of new names from people who
might be trained.
The solution remains:
Hire a human.
The
At 3/23/2007 07:27 PM, Richard Lynch wrote:
In this case, the OP has an existing list of names he wants to
de-capitalize, not an ongoing stream of new names from people who
might be trained.
The solution remains:
Hire a human.
The computer will never get accurate enough.
The exception
At 3/21/2007 04:57 AM, Shafiq Rehman wrote:
Some problems are universal and we cannot fix them in computer science. I
think it's better to educate/guide your visitors about such names that they
write in correct capitalization
In this case, the OP has an existing list of names he wants to
On Fri, March 23, 2007 1:03 pm, Paul Novitski wrote:
At 3/21/2007 04:57 AM, Shafiq Rehman wrote:
Some problems are universal and we cannot fix them in computer
science. I
think it's better to educate/guide your visitors about such names
that they
write in correct capitalization
In this case,
On Tue, March 20, 2007 8:41 am, Tijnema ! wrote:
What's against just capitalizing the first letter?
Of course there exists a lot of different combinations where a capital
letter should be, but if names are coming in like MCDONALD or
mcdonald, a user would be happy if he sees Mcdonald.
You
On 3/21/07, Richard Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, March 20, 2007 8:41 am, Tijnema ! wrote:
What's against just capitalizing the first letter?
Of course there exists a lot of different combinations where a capital
letter should be, but if names are coming in like MCDONALD or
Hi,
Some problems are universal and we cannot fix them in computer science. I
think it's better to educate/guide your visitors about such names that they
write in correct capitalization
Regards
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Shafiq Rehman (ZCE)
http://phpgurru.com | http://shafiq.pk
On 3/21/07, Tijnema ! [EMAIL
Leonard Burton wrote:
HI Chris,
Here is one option. Make a long list (array) of search/replace pairs and
loop through your text replacing as necessary.
'mcdonald' = 'McDonald'
'mcdowell' = 'McDowell'
'o\'reilly' = 'O\'Reilly'
'de la rosa' = 'De La Rosa'
etc ad nauseum...
I think the
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Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Name Capitalization
Leonard Burton wrote:
HI Chris,
Here
: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] Name Capitalization
Leonard Burton wrote:
HI Chris,
Here is one option. Make a long list (array) of search/replace pairs and
loop through your text replacing as necessary.
'mcdonald' = 'McDonald'
'mcdowell' = 'McDowell'
'o\'reilly' = 'O
On Tue, March 20, 2007 5:41 am, Satyam wrote:
JOSE DE LA ROSA = Jose De La Rosa
FRANK DE BOER = Frank de Boer
this actual example may not be valid
Indeed, it is not. The correct capitalization is José de la Rosa. At
least
in Spanish the rules are quite simple, unless someone is actually
HI All,
Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names?
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MACDONALD, or macdonald.
Of course I can write it on my own but would prefer not to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks,
--
Leonard Burton, N9URK
On 3/19/07, Leonard Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
HI All,
Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names?
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MACDONALD, or macdonald.
Of course I can write it on my own but would prefer not to reinvent the
Hello.
You could use the ucfirst() function for most names:
http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/function.ucfirst.php
But that would make Mcdonald and not McDonalds
Regards,
Sander Poelwijk
Leonard Burton wrote:
HI All,
Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names?
For instance,
Leonard Burton wrote:
HI All,
Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names?
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MACDONALD, or macdonald.
for starters you'll have a hard time getting any routine to 'correct'
the missing 'a' -
HI Guys,
Oops, I messed this request up.
It should have read:
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MCDONALD, or mcdonald.
probably any wheel out there is going to be fairly lame, yours included,
no offence meant as to your skills, it's just that I believe
On Monday, March 19, 2007 10:24 AM Leonard Burton
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MCDONALD, or mcdonald.
[snip]
Yeah, nothing is a perfect solution but anything is better than
nothing.
That's probably true when you're
HI Chris,
Here is one option. Make a long list (array) of search/replace pairs and
loop through your text replacing as necessary.
'mcdonald' = 'McDonald'
'mcdowell' = 'McDowell'
'o\'reilly' = 'O\'Reilly'
'de la rosa' = 'De La Rosa'
etc ad nauseum...
I think the better solution would be some
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 15:33 -0400, Leonard Burton wrote:
This project shouldn't be that hard as there are probably only 10 to
15 rules for names.
Ummm, April 1st is still almost 3 weeks away.
Cheers,
Rob.
--
..
| InterJinn
On 3/19/07 12:24 PM, Leonard Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, nothing is a perfect solution but anything is better than nothing.
Guys, Thanks for the replies and the link to the recent thread, even
though that didn't discuss any solutions to the problem I am asking
about (other than to
On Mon, March 19, 2007 11:22 am, Leonard Burton wrote:
Does anyone use a library to properly capitalize last names?
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MACDONALD, or macdonald.
Of course I can write it on my own but would prefer not to reinvent
the wheel.
On Mon, March 19, 2007 12:24 pm, Leonard Burton wrote:
Oops, I messed this request up.
It should have read:
For instance, McDonald needs to remain that way even if it comes in as
MCDONALD, or mcdonald.
You're wrong.
You're wrong, because for some people, it is NOT capitalized McDonald,
Applying capitalization rules to names by itself is easy. What
defeats the effort is that there are no consistent rules for name
capitalization, only inconsistent ones. MacDonald and Macdonald are
both common and are both correct. de la Rosa, De la Rosa, De La
Rosa, Delarosa. Van der Berg,
HI Paul,
Thanks for the reply.
Applying capitalization rules to names by itself is easy. What
defeats the effort is that there are no consistent rules for name
capitalization, only inconsistent ones.
What my case is that I have came across a list of names that I need to
use and all of the
At 3/19/2007 07:17 PM, Leonard Burton wrote:
What my case is that I have came across a list of names that I need to
use and all of the names were in caps. From there anything is a step
in the right direction.
As you know, anytime you parse anything in bulk there will be
exceptions to the rule.
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