Regexp to find name from email address

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I have this sample data

[email protected]           should output         akb ggb
[email protected]         should output         sdsd sdsd
[email protected]       should output        asdasd asasd

I need a regexp to find fullname from email like above.

Any help should be appreciated.

First you need to match the email address. stackoverflow.com/questions/703060/… has a regular expression that can do that — Andrew Grimm
– Andrew Grimm, Commented Nov 14, 2011 at 6:10

Ofir Farchy · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-14 06:07:18Z

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^[^@]* will output akb.ggb
you will then need to split by the '.' character...

the regex syntax is obviously programming language dependent.

^([^\.@]+)\.*([^@]*) will in both ruby and java place in group-1 (capture-1) the first name, and in group-2 (capture-2) the surname (if it exists).

You can play with regex online:
Ruby
Java

edited Nov 14, 2011 at 6:07

answered Nov 14, 2011 at 5:49

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Bohemian · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-14 05:58:35Z

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You haven't told us your language, but in java, it would look like:

"[email protected]".replaceAll("@.*", "").replace(".", " "); // "akb ggb"

This will work for any number of "names", eg input of [email protected] would result is "alfred e neuman" (three words)

answered Nov 14, 2011 at 5:58

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