Question
Cognizant
IN
Last activity: 20 Feb 2019 1:23 EST
Substring to fetch first and last name from full name
Hi,
How can I use substring to fetch the first and last name from full name.
full name contains firstname middlename lastname (John Paul smith)
Note:In some cases middle name will not be present.
I want to fetch first and last name alone from full name.
Any suggestion please.
***Edited by Moderator Marissa to update platform capability tags****
Pegasystems Inc.
FR
Hello,
I think you should use the substring function. A bit like explain in here: https://community1.pega.com/community/pega-support/question/customer-id-format-change
Cognizant
IN
In the above link substring used by the position number. But here first last and middle names are separated by only spaces. I cannot give position value to get substring.
Areteans
IN
Hi @RSANGEETHA,
Instead of using substring function, You can make use of whatComesBeforeFirst() and whatComesAfterLast() function. In this way you can get first name and last name.
Thank You.
Cognizant
IN
Hi,
Thanks for ur response. But I couldn't view the function names you mentioned. Could you please provide it again.
Areteans
IN
Hi Sangeetha,
please find below syntax for those 2 functions:
@whatComesAfterLast(pgLinkProject.pxResults(1).pxLinkedRefFrom, '!')
@whatComesBeforeFirst(pgLinkProject.pxResults(1).pxLinkedRefFrom, '!')
1st param= string to look in
2nd param= token (In your case it will be space = ' ')