Split First name and Last name using javascript

Question

I have a user with a name Paul Steve Panakkal. It\'s a long name it won\'t fit to the div container. So is there anyway to split first name and lastname fro

Answer 1

if you assume the last word is the last name and a single word name is also a last name then ...

var items = theName.split(' '),
    lastName = items[items.length-1],
    firstName = "";

for (var i = 0; i < items.length - 1; i++) {
   if (i > 0) {
      firstName += ' ';
   }
   firstName += items[i];
}