> I've just again experienced a new employer that tells my students my > name is 'Van Den Broek' when I tell them that it is 'van den Broek.' > This is the third time this week I've encountered this as a > programming example. Perhaps the use of the example is responsible for > the false belief amongst programmers that a surname always starts with > a captial letter. (Also delightful is the view that no name can > contain spaces.) >
My apologies! I'll try a different example next time using strip() to remove surrounding whitespace.
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