Pull First And Last name

[Medic873 0]

Okay I alwys have trouble doing things like this.

I am trying to pull the first name under the variable $FirstName

And the second name under the variable $Lastname

This url always just loads a new name so I always have random names

http://www.behindthename.com/random/random.php?number=2&gender=m&surname=&all=yes

But I cant seem to accuratly pull them pleaes help thank you

[wakillon 397]

$_NameArray = StringSplit ( 'Eadwig kresimir", ' ' ) ; use a space as delimiter
$FirstName = $_NameArray[1]
$Lastname =$_NameArray[2]

That's good for you ?

Edited August 27, 2010 by wakillon

[Medic873 0]

I was looking to copy somthing like this

$vLoremText = _StringBetween(_INetGetSource('http://lipsum.com/feed/html'), '<div id="lipsum">', '</div>')

MsgBox(0, "", StringReplace(StringReplace($vLoremText[0], '</p>', ''), '<p>', ''))

but I dont really understand how to

[Medic873 0]

can anyone help me with this

[Varian 6]

From the website you listed, this works for me:

#include <string.au3>
#include <INet.au3>

$Source = _INetGetSource('http://www.behindthename.com/random/random.php?number=2&gender=m&surname=&all=yes')
$Name = _StringBetween($Source, '<a href="/name/', '</a> </font></center><br><br><br>')
If @error Then Exit
$FullName = _StringProper(StringRegExpReplace($Name[0], '" class="plain">.*</a>  <a href="/name/.*" class="plain">', ' '))
Msgbox(32, 'Extracted Name', $FullName)

[Medic873 0]

OMG it works thank you so much I was trying so many diffrent things im going analyze how you did it and see If I cant figure it out for my self and future reference.

Although If you could help me how can I now divide the variable $FullName into two variable

I image the best way to do this is by saying anything in front of the first space = $Firstname

Anything after space is $Lastname How do I do this I can only find things to divide a string by its length not spaces.

[Varian 6]

You can use StringSplit or _StringBetween or even StringRegExpReplace...here is an example with _StringBetween

#include <string.au3>
#include <INet.au3>

$Source = _INetGetSource('http://www.behindthename.com/random/random.php?number=2&gender=m&surname=&all=yes')
$Name = _StringBetween($Source, '<a href="/name/', '</a> </font></center><br><br><br>')
If @error Then Exit
$FullName = _StringProper(StringRegExpReplace($Name[0], '" class="plain">.*</a>  <a href="/name/.*" class="plain">', ' '))
$Firstname = _StringBetween($FullName, '', ' ')
$Lastname = _StringBetween($FullName, ' ', '')
Msgbox(32, 'Extracted Name', 'Full Name = ' & $FullName & @LF & 'First Name = ' & $Firstname[0] & @LF & 'Last Name = ' & $Lastname[0])

Let me know if you need me to add comments to explain what is going on in the script

Edited August 30, 2010 by Varian