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		sroussey on April 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: GPT-4-powered web searches for developers Create a regex that captures first, middle, and last names, as well as prefixes and suffixes, while handling hyphenated last names and multi-word last names like "de la Rosa" and "Von Neman". First and middle names may optionally be omitted, as well as prefixes and suffixes. I’m waiting for ChatGPT-5 I guess…

primax on April 13, 2023 [–]

How is that even possible for a human to write, especially the last part?

8n4vidtmkvmk on April 13, 2023 | [–]

would need a database of names I think, to know "Von Neman" is probably a last name not first+last. Probabilities, that's what GPT is good at

alexthehurst on April 13, 2023 | | [–]

Not what regex is good at, though.

8n4vidtmkvmk on April 14, 2023 | | [–]

True... if you're determined enough you could write one though.

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