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First time posting here. I have a text document with a bunch of information in it. The document is formatted as:

"Random Text:

Last First MI, text text text, text text

Last First MI, text text text, text text

Last First MI, text text text, text text

....."

I'm trying to reformat all of the names as First MI Last instead of Last First MI. What I did was replace all of the carriage breaks with a # sign and then told it to find everything between the # and , and save it as a variable. My problem is, since the first name has 2 extra carriage breaks, it is including "##" in the variable for the last name. I can't figure out how to get it to remove the extra 2 # signs and then repeat itself through the entire document until all names have been fixed. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here's what I have so far:

#include
#Include
#include

Local $username = EnvGet("USERNAME")
Local $userprofile = EnvGet("USERPROFILE")
$TextFileName = $userprofile & "\Desktop\MuniCourt.txt"
WinActivate ("MuniCourt.txt")
Send("^s")
WinClose ("MuniCourt.txt")

;fixes midline returns
$FileContents = FileRead($TextFileName)
$FileContents = StringReplace($FileContents, @CR,"#")
FileDelete($TextFileName)
FileWrite($TextFileName,$FileContents)
$FileContents = 0

$FileContents = FileRead($TextFileName)
$FileContents = StringReplace($FileContents, @CRLF,"#")
FileDelete($TextFileName)
FileWrite($TextFileName,$FileContents)
$FileContents = 0

;NameWizard (Changes "Last, First MI" to "First MI Last")
;First person's name is corrected

$FileContents = FileRead($TextFileName)
$Name = _StringBetween($FileContents, '#', ',')
If @error Then Exit
$FullName = _StringProper(StringRegExpReplace($Name[0], '###', ' '))
$Lastname = _StringBetween($FullName, '', ' ')
$Firstname = _StringBetween($FullName, ' ', '')

$FileContents = FileRead($TextFileName)
$FileContents = StringReplace($FileContents, $Lastname[0] & " " & $Firstname[0], $Firstname[0] & " " & $Lastname[0])
FileDelete($TextFileName)
FileWrite($TextFileName,$FileContents)
$FileContents = 0

$FileContents = FileRead($TextFileName)
$FileContents = StringReplace($FileContents, "#" & $Firstname[0], @CRLF & @CRLF & $Firstname[0])
FileDelete($TextFileName)
FileWrite($TextFileName,$FileContents)
$FileContents = 0

$FileContents = FileRead($TextFileName)
$FileContents = StringReplace($FileContents, ":#", ":",1)
FileDelete($TextFileName)
FileWrite($TextFileName,$FileContents)
$FileContents = 0

;;TESTING
MsgBox (1, "Name Variables", "First Name = " & $Firstname[0] & @CR & @CR & "Last Name = " & $Lastname[0] & @CR & @CR & "Full Name = " & $Fullname)
;;TESTING

;Reset variables
$Name = 0
$FullName = 0
$Firstname = 0
$Lastname = 0
$FileContents = 0

Thank you in advance!

Kyle P.

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post a small example text file, or post the exact contents into tags. There is probably an easier way to parse and adjust the text, but it would reduce a lot of guess and check if you would post actual content.

,-. .--. ________ .-. .-. ,---. ,-. .-. .-. .-.
|(| / /\ \ |\ /| |__ __||| | | || .-' | |/ / \ \_/ )/
(_) / /__\ \ |(\ / | )| | | `-' | | `-. | | / __ \ (_)
| | | __ | (_)\/ | (_) | | .-. | | .-' | | \ |__| ) (
| | | | |)| | \ / | | | | | |)| | `--. | |) \ | |
`-' |_| (_) | |\/| | `-' /( (_)/( __.' |((_)-' /(_|
'-' '-' (__) (__) (_) (__)

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Thank you for the quick response. Below is the exact document that I'm working with. This document changes every week but the formatting should always be the same.

<snip>

polingkyle,

I have removed that text - I am not at all sure you should have posted it. if you want to repost it, please do it with anonymised names (e.g. A**** F****).

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how whud you reform this name?

Bickar Edwin Iii J

and this name?

Fenner Kevin

one have extended name

other dont have middle name

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Technically, you're screwed.

Whomever compiles that list needs to provide better delimiting.

We have patients with "2-part" last names. We went through a lot of headache with recent rule changes that require electronic claims for those patients to be transmitted as exact matches of their legal names. So, if for example, we have a patient first name "Chief" and last name "Chicken Feathers", we have to transmit the last name with the space. If you encounter a 2-part last name, there is no way you can correctly parse it. (ps - if those are actual names, and I had posted them, the HIPAA police would be here by now). I also see that a name suffix can be inserted between the first name and middle initial...

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Looks like you are pulling from either mugshot-catalog.com or whosarrested.com, but I agree you still should have provided an example of the text you seek rather than putting names and addresses out there for all the world to see.

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It's public records so anonymity is not necessary. I set the variables up so the first word of each parapraph is the last name and everything else until the first comma is the first name.

Bickar Edwin Iii J would become Edwin Iii J Bickar.

Fenner Kevin would still become Kevin Fenner.

It doesn't need to be perfect because we have someone that proofreads everything before finalizing. Thanks again for everyone's help on this. Unfortunately, I can only have 2 more posts today since I'm a new user to the forum....

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I can only have 2 more posts today since I'm a new user to the forum....

You should be fine now.. ;)

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polingkyle,

In response to your origional question:

stringreplace($mystring,'##','#')
will eliminate dup "#"'s.

kylomas

edit: are you sure that you do not have any @lf's?

Edited by kylomas

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i whud do it something like this

#include <String.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
;~ First MI Last
;~ Last First MI
$return = _SomeFunc('Bickar Edwin Iii J, text1 text1 text1, text2 text2')
MsgBox(0,'',$return)
$return = _SomeFunc('Crowley Bradley K, text1 text1 text1, text2 text2')
MsgBox(0,'',$return)
$return = _SomeFunc('Kevin Fenner, text1 text1 text1, text2 text2')
MsgBox(0,'',$return)
Func _SomeFunc($MainData)
    Local $first = StringSplit($MainData,',')
    Local $second = _StringExplode($first[1],' ',1)
    $first[1] = $second[1]&' '&$second[0]
    Return _ArrayToString($first,',',1)
EndFunc

i whud read the file to array with _FileReadToArray

the use

For next loop to circle the array and replace data with returned valye of _SomeFunc($MainData)

after that i whud write new file with _FileWriteFromArray

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one more time :)

something like this:

#include <Array.au3>

$string = "Ali Omar Sheariff, 31, ofAve, violation of tpo, continued." & @CRLF & _
"asdf asdf asdf, 31, of , violation of tpo, continued." & @CRLF & _
"asdfi adsfasdf Sasdfasdfff, 31, of , violation of tpo, continued, pd apptd, no contact." & @CRLF & _
"asdfsdf asdfasd test, 40, Dr, theft, bench warrant ordered." & @CRLF & _
"asd fasdfas dfMarie, 46, Rd, felonious assault/weapon, dismissed." & @CRLF & _
"sadfa sdasfdasdf Lee, 30, of Ave, theft, continued, theft, continued." & @CRLF & _
"asdfsad asd fsafd, 22, of Ave, theft, continued, pd apptd." & @CRLF & _
"asdfsdf sadfsdf E, 52, of Ct, ovi, continued, open container/vehicle, continued, display of license plates, continued."
$atest1 = StringRegExp ( $string, "([ws]+),.*", 3 )
For $i = 0 To UBound ( $atest1 ) - 1
$atest2 = StringRegExp ( $atest1[$i], "([w]+)s?", 3 )
$fn = ""
$ln = ""
$mi = ""
For $j = 0 To UBound ( $atest2 ) - 1
Switch $j
Case 0
    $ln = $atest2[$j]
Case 1
    $fn = $atest2[$j]
Case Else
    $mi_setup = $atest2[$j] & " "
    $mi &= $mi_setup
EndSwitch
Next
If stringlen ( $mi ) > 0 Then
$mi = StringSTripWS ( $mi, 7 )
$string_replace = $fn & " " & $ln & " " & $mi
Else
$string_replace = $fn & " " & $ln
EndIf
$string = StringReplace ( $string, $atest1[$i], $string_replace )
Next
MsgBox ( 1,1,$string)
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polingkyle,

In response to your origional question:

stringreplace($mystring,'##','#')
will eliminate dup "#"'s.

kylomas

edit: are you sure that you do not have any @lf's?

When I try that like that, the first line still shows as

"Ian Calen

#

#

Arnold, 20..."

When I view the text in Notepad, it doesn't show the carriage breaks. When I paste it here, they show up. That's probably part of the problem, right? Do I need to do:

$FileContents = StringReplace($FileContents, @CR & "#" & @CR & "#" & @CR,"#")
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And another...

#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>

; simulate a _FileReadToArray() of your file
Global $aFile[9] = [ 8, _
"Blow Joe", _
"Public John Q", _
"Leary Timothy Sr", _
"Leary Timothy Jr", _
"Leary Timothy II", _
"Leary Timothy III", _
"Leary Timothy IV", _
"Wayne John Sr M"]

_ArrayDisplay($aFile)

For $x = 1 to $aFile[0]
    $sNewName = ""
    $sSuffix = ""
    $aTemp = StringSplit($aFile[$x], " ")
    For $y = 2 to $aTemp[0] ; bypass last name for now
         Switch $aTemp[$y]
             Case "Sr", "Jr", "II", "III", "IV"
                 $sSuffix = $aTemp[$y] ; kick any suffix out until later
             Case Else
                 $sNewName &= $aTemp[$y] & " " ; build new name string
         EndSwitch
    Next
    $sNewName &= $aTemp[1] ; append last name
    If $sSuffix Then $sNewName &= " " & $sSuffix ; append suffix if present
    $aFile[$x] = $sNewName
Next

_ArrayDisplay($aFile)

Edit: added comments

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what about an oldschool approach:

Local $ifile = FileOpen("test.txt", 0)
Local $ofile = FileOpen("testout.txt", 2)

; Check if file opened for reading OK
If $ifile = -1 Then
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.")
    Exit
EndIf

; Read in lines of text until the EOF is reached
While 1
    Local $i_Rec = FileReadLine($ifile)
    If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop
    $i_Name = StringLeft($i_Rec, StringInStr($i_Rec,",")-1)
    $o_Rec = StringMid($i_Rec, StringInStr($i_Rec,",")+1)
    $o_lName = StringLeft($i_Name, StringInStr($i_Name," ")-1)
    $o_fName = StringMid($i_Name, StringInStr($i_Name," ")+1)
    FileWriteLine($ofile,$o_fName & " " & $o_lName & "," & $o_Rec)
WEnd

FileClose($ifile)
FileClose($ofile)

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one more time :)

something like this:

#include <Array.au3>

$string = "Ali Omar Sheariff, 31, of 35 E Madison Ave, violation of tpo, continued." & @CRLF & _
"Ali Omar Sheariff, 31, of 35 E Madison, violation of tpo, continued." & @CRLF & _
"Ali Omar Sheariff, 31, of 35 E Madison Ave, violation of tpo, continued, pd apptd, no contact." & @CRLF & _
"Beaty Lisa Annette test, 40, of 1936 Jordan Dr, theft, bench warrant ordered." & @CRLF & _
"Brandon Katherine Marie, 46, of 822 Selma Rd, felonious assault/weapon, dismissed." & @CRLF & _
"Everhart Timothy Lee, 30, of 416 Willard Ave, theft, continued, theft, continued." & @CRLF & _
"Jackson Desirah Lashay, 22, of 1361 Woodward Ave, theft, continued, pd apptd." & @CRLF & _
"Mcmillen Barry E, 52, of 3801 Quail Hollow Ct, ovi, continued, open container/vehicle, continued, display of license plates, continued."
$atest1 = StringRegExp ( $string, "([ws]+),.*", 3 )
For $i = 0 To UBound ( $atest1 ) - 1
$atest2 = StringRegExp ( $atest1[$i], "([w]+)s?", 3 )
$fn = ""
$ln = ""
$mi = ""
For $j = 0 To UBound ( $atest2 ) - 1
Switch $j
Case 0
    $ln = $atest2[$j]
Case 1
    $fn = $atest2[$j]
Case Else
    $mi_setup = $atest2[$j] & " "
    $mi &= $mi_setup
EndSwitch
Next
If stringlen ( $mi ) > 0 Then
$mi = StringSTripWS ( $mi, 7 )
$string_replace = $fn & " " & $ln & " " & $mi
Else
$string_replace = $fn & " " & $ln
EndIf
$string = StringReplace ( $string, $atest1[$i], $string_replace )
Next
MsgBox ( 1,1,$string)

Since the document changes content everyday, how would I get the data input into this script? I'm pretty new to arrays...

Kyle

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@jdelaney

i think that from string 1 2 3 you did

2 1 3

instead

3 1 2

or i did not understand needed end result :idiot:

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