re: [sqr-users] Name

[harriaj@NU.COM]

> I need some help in getting lastname and middle name from the
> following string which i get through a flat file. Some names have
> middle name at the end and some don't(like M and R). I want to
> get the last name and first name and give a warning message
> when there is a middle name.
>
> Beach,Linda
> Ward,Joan
> Williams,Robert M
> kim,mellisa R

This solution assumes there is no space except between a first name
and middle name.

unstring $FullName by ',' into $LastName $FirstAndMiddleName
unstring $FirstAndMiddleName by ' ' into $FirstName $MiddleName
if $MiddleName <> ''
    ! warning
end-if

Andrew :)



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