| parse_names {humaniformat} | R Documentation |
Parse Human Names
Description
human names are complex things; sometimes people have honorifics, or not. Or a single middle name, or many. Or a compound surname, or not a compound surname but 'PhD' at the end of their name, and augh.
parse_names provides a simple
function for taking consistently formatted human names and splitting them into salutation, first_name,
middle_name, last_name and suffix. It is capable of dealing with compound surnames, multiple middle names,
and similar variations, and is fully vectorised.
Usage
parse_names(names)
Arguments
names |
a character vector of names to parse. |
Value
a data.frame with the columns salutation, first_name,
middle_name, last_name, suffix and full_name (which contains the original name). In the
event that a name doesn't have a salutation, middle name, suffix, or so on, an NA will appear.
Examples
# Parse a simple name
parse_names("Oliver Keyes")
# Parse a more complex name
parse_names("Hon. Oliver Timothy Keyes Esq.")