Re^7: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number

Some other names not matching the simple Firstname Lastname scheme:

Handling names in computers just sucks. Stuffing them into separate database fields sucks even more.

Alexander

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Re^8: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by AppleFritter (Vicar) on Apr 03, 2017 at 23:35 UTC
Handling names in computers just sucks. Stuffing them into separate database fields sucks even more. afoken++. And since nobody appears to have linked to it yet, here's a great list of falsehoods programmers believe about names -- quite a few eye-openers on there.	[reply]
Re^9: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 08, 2017 at 07:43 UTC
Thanks for the link, AppleFritter++, I've finally bookmarked it. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply]


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