Re: RegEx for parsing peoples names?

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From: Bonj (benjtaylor)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:05:58 +0100

"\w+\s+\w+"
?

"Ben Fidge" <ben.fidge@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:OlmJC3BvEHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I'm trying (and failing) to create and regular expression for parsing
> peoples names. I simply want to make sure that a firstname and surname, at
> least, can be extracted.
>
> For example, "Ben Fidge" would pass, however, "Ben", "Fidge", "Ben-Fidge"
> and BenFidge" wouldn't.
>
> I want to use a RegularExpressionValidator on an ASP.NET page to ensure
> that people provide first and surnames in a single text box.
> Unfortunately, I can't provide two text boxes for legacy reasons.
>
> TIA
>
> Ben
>

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