parse-names

Very thin Clojure(Script) wrapper around Apache Commons Text and the JavaScript Name Parser.

WARNING: The Clojure and ClojureScript behavior are different, see the examples for more info

Usage from Clojure

(require '[parse-name.core :refer [parse-name]])

(parse-name "J. Walter Weatherman")
;; => {:first-name "Walter", :last-name "Weatherman", :leading-initial "J."}

(parse-name "de la Cruz, Ana M.")
;; => {:first-name "Ana", :last-name "de la Cruz", :middle-name "M."}

(parse-name "James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.")
;; => {:first-name "James", :last-name "O'Dell",
;;     :nick-name "Jimmy", :suffix "Jr.", :middle-name "C."}

Usage from Clojure(Script)

(require '[parse-name.core :refer [parse-name]])

(parse-name "J. Walter Weatherman")
;; => {:first-name "Walter", :last-name "Weatherman", :initials "J."}

(parse-name "de la Cruz, Ana M.")
;; => **{:first-name "De", :last-name "La Cruz, Ana M."}**

(parse-name "James C. ('Jimmy') O'Dell, Jr.")
;; => {:first-name "James", :last-name "O'Dell,", :suffix "Jr", :initials "C."}

License

Copyright © 2016 Sebastian Bensusan

Distributed under the Eclipse Public License either version 1.0 or (at your option) any later version.