SALATA,EDYTA |
CORNELL,NANCY A. |
ROUNDTREE,WILLA M. |
how to remove the middle name listed in the end of the name like A. M. above?
Thanks!
For these simple examples you can use SCAN with blank as the delimiter since there are no blanks between the last and first name.
scan(name,1,' ')
But real names are more complicated than this. What about people with spaces in their first name or last name? Or those that use initials?
R.A. Dickey Stats, News, Pictures, Bio, Videos - Toronto Blue Jays - ESPN
For these simple examples you can use SCAN with blank as the delimiter since there are no blanks between the last and first name.
scan(name,1,' ')
But real names are more complicated than this. What about people with spaces in their first name or last name? Or those that use initials?
R.A. Dickey Stats, News, Pictures, Bio, Videos - Toronto Blue Jays - ESPN
Thank you very much for your great help!
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