How should like a regex which validates the name and surname, so that each word starts with a capital letter?
this does not work: @”[^A-Z]?[a-z]*”
Thanks
How should like a regex which validates the name and surname, so that each
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How should like a regex which validates the name and surname, so that each word starts with a capital letter?
this does not work: @”[^A-Z]?[a-z]*”
Thanks
Try this:
Note that this is, however, not a good way to validate names. Depending on the locale, non-ASCII UTF8 characters may be used. Also, not all names start with an uppercase letter. The following names exist in the real world:
Hence, this is a little better – it just makes sure that each character is a valid letter:
That said, the best way to do this may depend on the implementation of the regular expression engine, so we’d need to know the language and/or regex library that you are using.
Edit based on your answer: If you need to parse both fields at the same time, try this: