Simple way to parse a person's name into its component parts? [closed]

Answer 1

You probably don't need to do anything fancy really. Something like this should work.

    Name = Name.Trim();

    arrNames = Name.Split(' ');

    if (arrNames.Length > 0) {
        GivenName = arrNames[0];
    }
    if (arrNames.Length > 1) {
        FamilyName = arrNames[arrNames.Length - 1];
    }
    if (arrNames.Length > 2) {
        MiddleName = string.Join(" ", arrNames, 1, arrNames.Length - 2);
    }

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