Thread: parsing name problem

  1. #1
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    parsing name problem

    I was reviewing my parse author function for my book inventory problem and discovered it did not work if only one name ie first name was entered. I revised the code but it doesn't seem to work correctly please have a look.
    Code:
    void Author::parse_name(string tauthor){
        const string delims(" \t");
        int begIdx,endIdx,tIdx=0;
        //search for beginning of first word
        
        begIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,0);
        
        //while beginning of word found 
        if (begIdx!=string::npos){
            // end or word
            endIdx=tauthor.find_first_of(delims,begIdx);
            first_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,(endIdx-begIdx));
            begIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,endIdx);
            
            if (begIdx!=string::npos){
                    endIdx=tauthor.find_first_of(delims,begIdx);
                    tIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,endIdx);
                    // if tIdx is at end of tauthor string only first,last are given
                    if (tIdx!=string::npos)
                    {
                       middle_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,endIdx-begIdx);
                       //extract lastname
                       begIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,endIdx);
                       endIdx=tauthor.length();
                                   
                       last_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,endIdx-begIdx);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        last_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,endIdx-begIdx);
                        middle_name="";
                    }
            }
            else{
                last_name="";
                first_name=""; 
            }           
        }
        else{
             first_name="";
             middle_name="";
             last_name="";
        }
           
    }

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    I spotted half the problem this morning:
    Code:
    void Author::parse_name(string tauthor){
        const string delims(" \t");
        int begIdx,endIdx,tIdx=0;
        //search for beginning of first word
        
        begIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,0);
        
        //while beginning of word found 
        if (begIdx!=string::npos){
            // end or word
            endIdx=tauthor.find_first_of(delims,begIdx);
            first_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,(endIdx-begIdx));
            begIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,endIdx);
            
            if (begIdx!=string::npos){
                    endIdx=tauthor.find_first_of(delims,begIdx);
                    tIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,endIdx);
                    // if tIdx is at end of tauthor string only first,last are given
                    if (tIdx!=string::npos)
                    {
                       middle_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,endIdx-begIdx);
                       //extract lastname
                       begIdx=tauthor.find_first_not_of(delims,endIdx);
                       endIdx=tauthor.length();
                                   
                       last_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,endIdx-begIdx);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        last_name=tauthor.substr(begIdx,endIdx-begIdx);
                        middle_name="";
                    }
            }
            else{
                last_name="";
                first_name="";//***** here should be middle_name doh 
            }           
        }
        else{
             first_name="";
             middle_name="";
             last_name="";
        }
           
    }
    Anyhow now it is accepting single names as input but when it displays the name it shows for instance:Johnathan 2569
    I can't figure out where the 2569 is coming from.

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