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https://github.com/polera/gonameparts

Takes a full name and splits it into individual name parts
https://github.com/polera/gonameparts

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Takes a full name and splits it into individual name parts

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# gonameparts

gonameparts splits a human name into individual parts. This is useful when dealing with external data sources that provide names as a single value, but you need to store the discrete parts in a database for example.



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Author

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James Polera 



Dependencies

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No external dependencies.  Uses Go's standard packages



Example

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```go

package main



import (

	"encoding/json"

	"fmt"



	"github.com/polera/gonameparts"

)



func main() {



	// Parsing a name and printing its parts

	nameString := gonameparts.Parse("Thurston Howell III")

	fmt.Println("FirstName:", nameString.FirstName)

	fmt.Println("LastName:", nameString.LastName)

	fmt.Println("Generation:", nameString.Generation)

	// Output:

	// FirstName: Thurston

	// LastName: Howell

	// Generation: III



    // Parse a name with multiple "also known as" aliases, output JSON

	multipleAKA := gonameparts.Parse("Tony Stark a/k/a Ironman a/k/a Stark, Anthony a/k/a Anthony Edward \"Tony\" Stark")

	jsonParts, _ := json.Marshal(multipleAKA)

	fmt.Printf("%v\n", string(jsonParts))

	/* Output:

		{

	    "aliases": [

	        {

	            "aliases": null,

	            "first_name": "Ironman",

	            "full_name": "Ironman",

	            "generation": "",

	            "last_name": "",

	            "middle_name": "",

	            "nickname": "",

	            "provided_name": " Ironman ",

	            "salutation": "",

	            "suffix": ""

	        },

	        {

	            "aliases": null,

	            "first_name": "Anthony",

	            "full_name": "Anthony Stark",

	            "generation": "",

	            "last_name": "Stark",

	            "middle_name": "",

	            "nickname": "",

	            "provided_name": " Stark, Anthony ",

	            "salutation": "",

	            "suffix": ""

	        },

	        {

	            "aliases": null,

	            "first_name": "Anthony",

	            "full_name": "Anthony Edward Stark",

	            "generation": "",

	            "last_name": "Stark",

	            "middle_name": "Edward",

	            "nickname": "\"Tony\"",

	            "provided_name": " Anthony Edward \"Tony\" Stark",

	            "salutation": "",

	            "suffix": ""

	        }

	    ],

	    "first_name": "Tony",

	    "full_name": "Tony Stark",

	    "generation": "",

	    "last_name": "Stark",

	    "middle_name": "",

	    "nickname": "",

	    "provided_name": "Tony Stark a/k/a Ironman a/k/a Stark, Anthony a/k/a Anthony Edward \"Tony\" Stark",

	    "salutation": "",

	    "suffix": ""

		}*/



}

```