Question

I would like some help parsing a string of someones name. I would like to take the string and remove it so that only the first name will be in the string.

Suppose I have a name like this

Mr. John Doe
John Smith.

In both cases I would like to only get the first name of the string and delete all other characters.

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EDITED:

So for both strings after they have been parsed will on have John in them

I was wondering if there was a way to do this problem with regex.

Answer 1

Use split to place the parts of the name into an array.

Examine the first element to see if it’s a title (“mr., mrs., dr., or miss”). If not, take it. Otherwise, take the next element and stop.

EDIT: This is an answer to the OPs original question.

EDIT 2: Please explain any down-votes. As stated, the OP changed his question after I answered it.