Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Chas Owens
On 2/14/06, Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > So, as others have asked, is it really pragmatic to come up with a regex > that will properly recognize any of these eccentric-but-real surnames, > while rejecting "non-surnames" like, say... > > Time And Place > Bee Sting > Rose Bush > > .

Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Chris Devers
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Tom Phoenix wrote: > On 2/14/06, Gerald Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one > > form field, nothing more, nothing less > > Robert de Niro? > Mary Kay Place? > Arthur Conan Doyle? > Harry S Truman? > Ki

RE: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Timothy Johnson
-Original Message- From: David Kaufman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 1:23 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: regexpressions help >"Hans Meier (John Doe)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Gerald Wheeler wrote: >>>

Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread David Kaufman
"Hans Meier (John Doe)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gerald Wheeler wrote: >> I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one >> form field, nothing more, nothing less >> >> There should be only one uppercase A-Z character followed by one or >> more lowercase a-z characters fo

RE: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Timothy Johnson
006 1:47 PM To: Gerald Wheeler Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: regexpressions help On 2/14/06, Gerald Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form > field, nothing more, nothing less Robert de Niro? Mary Kay Pla

Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 2/14/06, Gerald Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form > field, nothing more, nothing less Robert de Niro? Mary Kay Place? Arthur Conan Doyle? Harry S Truman? Kim Jong-il? brian d foy? Sting? John Paul II? George W. Bush? P

RE: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Wolcott, Kenneth A
Glad I was able to help. Ken Wolcott -Original Message- From: Gerald Wheeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:31 PM To: Wolcott, Kenneth A Subject: RE: regexpressions help Kenneth, works for me much appreciated.. Jerry >>> "Wolcott, Kenn

Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Hans Meier (John Doe)
Hans Meier (John Doe) am Dienstag, 14. Februar 2006 21.35: > if (/^\s*([A-Z][a-z])+\s*([A-Z][a-z])+\s*$/) { > # input is ok, so now we format: > my $formatted="$1 $2"; > do_something_with($formatted); > } Sorry, this is completely bullshit, shuld have tested before hitting send. my $user

RE: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Timothy Johnson
-- -Original Message----- From: Gerald Wheeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 12:04 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: regexpressions help I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form field, nothing more, nothing less

Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Chas Owens
On 2/14/06, Gerald Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form > field, nothing more, nothing less > > There should be only one uppercase A-Z character followed by one or > more lowercase a-z characters followed by one space followed

Re: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Hans Meier (John Doe)
Gerald Wheeler am Dienstag, 14. Februar 2006 21.03: > I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form > field, nothing more, nothing less > > There should be only one uppercase A-Z character followed by one or > more lowercase a-z characters followed by one space followed b

RE: regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Wolcott, Kenneth A
. HTH, Ken Wolcott -Original Message- From: Gerald Wheeler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 2:04 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: regexpressions help I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form field, nothing more, nothing

regexpressions help

2006-02-14 Thread Gerald Wheeler
I am trying to allow input of a person's first and last name in one form field, nothing more, nothing less There should be only one uppercase A-Z character followed by one or more lowercase a-z characters followed by one space followed by one uppercase A-Z character followed by one or more lowerca