On 14 March 2007 08:25, Richard Lynch wrote: > On Tue, March 13, 2007 9:10 am, Todd Cary wrote: > > I would like to write a filter that takes the text "smith" or > > "SMith" and returns "Smith"; same for "ralph smith". > > No, you don't. :-) > > You *think* you want to write that function, but this is one of those > things that is *way* more complicated than it seems to the beginner. > > How about: > > O'Brian > McCormick > Rodham-Clinton > von Freeman > del Castillo > . > . > . Not to mention MacDonald and Macdonald...!! ;( ;) Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
