bobb@netcom.UUCP (Bob Beaulieu) (01/22/91)
I'm new to new to C and am trying to write a program to cut a name field
into a first,middle and last fields. Problem: some names don't have middle
names or initials, and some others have more (i.e. SR.,JR.,III,...). I
feel I'm fairly close,but probably inefficient with my code. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.
example of "ttt.txt":
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"John J. Jackson"
"J. Johnson"
"Betty Smith"
"Charles Robinson Sr."
"Cindy Ann West"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thanks,
BobB
#include <stdio.h>
main()
{
FILE *fopen(),*fp;
int c=0,a=0,b=0,count=1;
char buf[100],firstname[100],midname[100],lastname[100];
char *fgets();
fp = fopen("test","r");
while (fgets(buf,100,fp) !=NULL)
{
for(c=0;c<=strlen(buf);c++)
{
switch(buf[c])
{
case ' ': count++; break;
default : switch(count)
{
case 1: firstname[c] = buf[c]; break;
case 2: midname[a++] = buf[c]; break;
case 3: lastname[b++] = buf[c];break;
default: break;
}
}
}
if(lastname[1] == ' ')
{
for(c=0;c<=strlen(midname);c++) lastname[c] = midname[c];
for(c=0;c<=strlen(lastname);c++) midname[c] = ' ';
}
printf("%s|%s|%s",firstname,midname,lastname);
count=1;
for(c=0;c<strlen(buf);c++)
{
firstname[c] = ' ';
midname[c] = ' ';
lastname[c] = ' ';
}
a=0;c=0,b=0;
}
fclose(fp);
exit(0);
}
--
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{\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\/\\}laned@athena.ecs.csus.edu (Douglas A. Lane) (01/25/91)
B,
This code performs what you requested.. hope it helps in your
quest to learn more about C.
This compiles under BSD cc, Turbo C++ 1.0, ANSI C..
Doug
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/* #define ANSIC */
/* #define TURBOC */
/*
* Purpose
*
* This program will read the input file of names and transpose
* then into the form:
* last, first, middle
* or
* last, first
*
* The input is in the form of:
* [prefix] first [middle] last [suffix]
*
* The program will strip of a select number of suffixes and prefixes.
* The program will ignore all blanks, but assumes the only delimiters
* between the names are blanks (no commas allowed)
*
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Sample file ( "test" )
* Mr. John J. Jackson
* J. Johnson
* Betty Smith
* Charles Robinson Sr.
* Charles Robinson Jr.
* Cindy Ann West
* Miss Cindy Ann West
* Ms. Cindy West
* Charle Emerson Winchester III
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* Sample Output
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Jackson, John, J.
* Johnson, J., Johnson
* Smith, Betty, Smith
* Robinson, Charles, Robinson
* Robinson, Charles, Robinson
* West, Cindy, Ann
* West, Cindy, Ann
* West, Cindy, West
* Winchester, Charle, Emerson
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* - Author -
* Douglas Lane, Sacramento Calfornia
* programmer 6 years, C programmer 3 years.
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#ifdef TURBOC
#include <stdlib.h>
#endif
#define MAXBUFNAME 100
#define TESTFILE "test"
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* getname - get a single name
*
* returns index of next word in istr.
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#ifdef ANSIC
int getname(char *inname, char *thename, int startidx)
#else
int getname(inname, thename, startidx)
char *inname;
char *thename;
int startidx;
#endif
{
int idx;
int num;
idx = 0;
for (num=startidx; inname[num] != ' ' && inname[num] != '\0'; num++)
{
thename[idx] = inname[num];
idx ++;
}
thename[idx] = '\0';
while (inname[num] == ' ')
num++;
return num;
}
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* not first name
*
* not a valid first name
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#ifdef ANSIC
int notfirstname(char *thename)
#else
int notfirstname(thename)
char *thename;
#endif
{
return(
(strcmp(thename, "Mr.")==0) ||
(strcmp(thename, "Mrs.")==0) ||
(strcmp(thename, "Miss")==0) ||
(strcmp(thename, "Ms.")==0)
);
}
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* not last name
*
* not a valid last name
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#ifdef ANSIC
int notlastname(char *thename)
#else
int notlastname(thename)
char *thename;
#endif
{
return(
(strcmp(thename, "Sr.")==0) ||
(strcmp(thename, "Jr.")==0) ||
(strcmp(thename, "III")==0)
);
}
/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
* splitname
*
* split name into first, middle, last
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
#ifdef ANSIC
int splitname(char *fullname, char *first, char *middle, char *last)
#else
int splitname(fullname, first, middle, last)
char *fullname;
char *first;
char *middle;
char *last;
#endif
{
int numnames;
int idx;
numnames = 0;
while (fullname[0]==' ') /* this left justifies the string */
fullname++;
/* -- first name -- */
idx = getname(fullname, first, 0);
if (notfirstname(first))
idx = getname(fullname, first, idx);
if (first[0]!='\0')
numnames++;
/* -- middle name -- */
idx = getname(fullname, middle, idx);
if (middle[0]!='\0')
numnames++;
/* -- last name -- */
idx = getname(fullname, last, idx);
if (last[0]!='\0')
numnames++;
/* -- remove middle name -- */
if (notlastname(last) || (last[0]=='\0'))
{
strcpy(last,middle);
middle = '\0';
}
return numnames;
}
main()
{
char buf[MAXBUFNAME];
char first[MAXBUFNAME];
char mid[MAXBUFNAME];
char last[MAXBUFNAME];
FILE *fp;
int namecount;
fp = fopen(TESTFILE,"r");
if (fp!=NULL)
{
while (fgets(buf,MAXBUFNAME,fp) !=NULL)
{
buf[strlen(buf)-1] = '\0';
namecount = splitname(buf, first, mid, last);
if (namecount == 2)
printf(" %20s, %s \n",last,first);
else
printf(" %20s, %s, %s \n",last,first,mid);
}
fclose(fp);
exit(0);
}
else
fprintf(stderr," could not open %s \n",TESTFILE);
return 1;
}torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) (02/14/91)
In article <21584@netcom.UUCP> bobb@netcom.UUCP (Bob Beaulieu) writes: >I'm new to new to C and am trying to write a program to cut a name field >into a first,middle and last fields. Problem: some names don't have middle >names or initials, and some others have more (i.e. SR.,JR.,III,...). These are not the only problems. For instance, consider the name `Maria Lupita Josefa Carantinez y Pallano de la Torre-Wallace'. Find the last name. :-) The usual solution to the mess is to have the user mark the beginning of the last name. Modern name databases are now getting better at handling things other than `First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name' sequences, which is a good thing for those who use something else. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Lawrence Berkeley Lab EE div (+1 415 486 5427) Berkeley, CA Domain: torek@ee.lbl.gov