GetLastName ( FullName )

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Name & Parameters: [color:red][big] GetLastName ( FullName ) [/big]

Description: Returns a person's Last Name. Ignores suffixes such as 'Jr', 'Sr', 'III'. Also returns a hyphenated Last Name

Sample Input:

1) Prof. Henry James

2) John Smith-Peters

3) Henry Higgins PhD

Results:

1) James

2) Smith-Peters

3) Higgins

Recursive: no

Formula:

/* CF: Returns A Contact's Last Name from a Full Name

    CF:  GetLastName

            FullName

*/



Let ( [

         name= Substitute ( FullName; "-" ; "00" ); // Needed because FM treats lots of characters as separators

         nword= WordCount( name ); 

         rw= RightWords ( name ; 1 );

         suffix =  Case( rw= "SR" or rw= "JR" or rw= "II" or rw= "III" or rw= "IV" or rw= "MD" or rw= "DR" or rw= "PhD" or rw= "Esq"; rw;"") // Trap suffix if it exists

        ];



Substitute( Case( WordCount( suffix) > 0; MiddleWords ( name ; nword -1; 1 ); MiddleWords( name; nword; 1 ) ); "00"; "-") // Replace with dash



) 

Required Functions:

Author(s): Steveinvegas

Date: 06/03/06

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