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Re: RegExp, grabbing first name

by kcott (Archbishop)
on Feb 26, 2016 at 08:20 UTC ( [id://1156190]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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  1. or download this
    /^[^, ]+(?:,\s+\w+|)\s+(\w+)/
  2. or download this
    $ perl -wnE '/^[^, ]+(?:,\s+\w+|)\s+(\w+)/; say $1;'
SMITH, A DOE
DOE
BULLOCK JOE A
JOE

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