On Mon Feb 27 05:21:21 2012, M0ast wrote:
Show quoted text> When setting the NameParse initials option to 3 the name 'Bob Smith'
> would have the 'Bob' part interpreted as the initials.
>
> It should only be considered initials if its in all caps imo. At the
> very least if the first letter is in caps and the other letters are in
> lower case it should be considered to be a name.
>
> Thanks. Great module btw! Saved my life.
Hi Lloyd, glad you like the module.
What you have identified is an ambiguity. What you read as 'Bob'
another person will want to read it as 'B.O.B' By setting initials to
3, you are giving the B.O.B case a higher precedence than 'Bob'. So I
don't really know how to resolve this ticket. If I code for what you
need, it will then be interpreted as a bug for someone else. Also, a
lot of data comes in as all capitals, so that makes things more
confusing.
You could code around this by checking if the name is in title case,
then move the number of initials back to only 2. You could also define
your own list of known first names in your wrapper code, to help the
program understand the data better.
