How to get first name only from full name?

NJDude

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• Jan 16, 2012

• #2

Something like this:

B4X:

FirstName = EditText1.Text.SubString2(0, EditText1.Text.IndexOf(" "))
            
Msgbox("First Name is " & FirstName, "")

 

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unba1300

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• Jan 16, 2012

• #3

Thanks Dude! That works fine.

 

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unba1300

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• Jan 16, 2012

• #4

Although if only one name was entered into the edittext, I get a StringIndexOutOfBoundsException error, since there is no space found, I guess.

 

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NJDude

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• Jan 16, 2012

• #5

That was a simple and quick solution, but yes, you will have to validate the existence of a First and Last Name, like this:

B4X:

If EditText1.Text.IndexOf(" ") > -1 Then

   FirstName = EditText1.Text.SubString2(0, EditText1.Text.IndexOf(" "))

   Msgbox("First Name is " & FirstName, "")

End If

Of course you can make this code more robust as needed.

 

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unba1300

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• Jan 16, 2012

• #6

Yep, I got it now. I came back to delete my last post, but you had replied already. Love these boards. Thanks again.

 

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