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namesparser

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Complement to nameparser for parsing lists of names. Namesparser handles initials and variable name ordering.

Examples of lists of names:

  • Oliver Boliver Butt and Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate and Bodkin Van Horn
  • OB Butt, ZBB McFate and B Van Horn
  • Butt, Oliver Boliver, Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate, and Bodkin Van Horn
  • Butt O.B., McFate Z.B.B. and Van Horn B.

(Names courtesy of Dr. Seuss's Too Many Daves.)

Usage

>>> from namesparser import HumanNames >>> names = HumanNames("Oliver Boliver Butt and Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate and Bodkin Van Horn") >>> str(names) 'Oliver Boliver Butt and Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate and Bodkin Van Horn' >>> names.human_names [<HumanName : [ title: '' first: 'Oliver' middle: 'Boliver' last: 'Butt' suffix: '' nickname: '' ]>, <HumanName : [ title: '' first: 'Zanzibar' middle: 'Buck-Buck' last: 'McFate' suffix: '' nickname: '' ]>, <HumanName : [ title: '' first: 'Bodkin' middle: '' last: 'Van Horn' suffix: '' nickname: '' ]>] >>> names.name_strings ['Oliver Boliver Butt', 'Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate', 'Bodkin Van Horn'] >>> names = HumanNames("OB Butt, ZBB McFate and B Van Horn") >>> str(names) 'OB Butt and ZBB McFate and B Van Horn' >>> names = HumanNames("Butt, Oliver Boliver, Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate, and Bodkin Van Horn") >>> str(names) 'Oliver Boliver Butt and Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate and Bodkin Van Horn' >>> names = HumanNames("Butt O.B., McFate Z.B.B. and Van Horn B.") >>> str(names) 'O.B. Butt and Z.B.B. McFate and B. Van Horn' 

Install

pip install namesparser 

Tests

python -m unittest discover 

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Complement to https://github.com/derek73/python-nameparser for parsing lists of names.

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