[uf-discuss] vcard fn for name in "A. B. Smith" format

Ciaran McNulty mail at ciaranmcnulty.com
Tue Aug 29 06:34:48 PDT 2006


On 8/29/06, Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am assuming 'A' is an abberiviation for a first name? 'B' is a
> > middle name, and 'Smith' is the last name you can do the following:

> On 8/28/06, Brian Suda <brian.suda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, but I don't think you can asssume that. Better to just treat "A.
> B." as the given-name string.

That's a good point, there are quite a few people whose given name is
their 'middle' name, it could be A. Brian Smith or Anthony B. Smith,
you can't necessarily assume.

-Ciaran


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