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Calcite | Level 5
Eg.
1. First Name = Aravind Last Name = Kumar
2. First Name = Aravind Middle Name = AR Last Name = Kumar
How to find that 1st Name doesn't have Middle Name?
Any solutions!
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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

Depending on your input format - 

either check number of wards using countw() and scan() functions

or check prefix/tag name like in xml format.

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

Depending on your input format - 

either check number of wards using countw() and scan() functions

or check prefix/tag name like in xml format.

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