Parses names into parts. Loosely based on the Lingua-EN-NameParser Perl module.
sudo gem install people
require 'people' np = People::NameParser.new name = np.parse( "Matthew E Ericson" ) puts name[:parsed] puts name[:orig] puts name[:first] puts name[:last]
If name successfully parses, name is set to true.
Available parts are :title, :first, :middle, :last, :suffix, :first2, :middle2, :title2, :suffix2, :orig, :match_type
By default, it will try to proper case names. If you want to leave the capitalization alone, pass :case_mode => ‘leave’ or for uppercase, ‘upper’.
np = People::NameParser.new( :case_mode => 'proper' ) np = People::NameParser.new( :case_mode => 'leave' ) np = People::NameParser.new( :case_mode => 'upper' )
If you have names like “John and Jane Doe”, pass :couples => true
np = People::NameParser.new( :couples => true, :case_mode => 'upper' ) name = np.parse( "John and Jane Doe" ) puts name[:first] puts name[:first2] puts name[:last]
Try it out online at people.ericson.net
Send suggestions to mericson at ericson dot net.
Copyright © 2009 Matthew Ericson. See LICENSE for details.