How to split string to select name initials

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Hi!

I am having some difficulty with splitting text.

I have a name and I need to create a username for said person.

For instance, if the persons name is: pedro riberi mandacaru, his login would have to be pedro.r.mandacaru.

Can anyone help me out with that?

thanks!

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Hi,

You can do this multiple ways. I’m sure somebody else have an better way to do this.

Way I did it:

  1. I split the your name string to array using space delimiter.

vName = “pedro r mandacru”

vFirstLetter = Split(vName.ToString," ")

  1. Assign each letter to its own variable.

vFirstName = vFirstLetter(0)
vMiddleName = vFirstLetter(1)
vLastName = vFirstLetter(2)

  1. Get the first character from Middle Name.

vFirstCharOfString = StringInfo.GetNextTextElement(vMiddleName, 0)

  1. Then I combine the string to get your username.

vUserName = vFirstName + “.” + vFirstCharofString +“.” + vLastName

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Fine
lets take it with single expression like this
if str_input = “pedrp riberi mandacaru”

then
str_output = Split(str_input," “)(0).ToString+”.“+Split(str_input,” “)(1).ToString.SubString(0,1)+”.“+Split(str_input,” ")(2).ToString

so the output would be like
str_output = “pedro.r.mandacaru”

hope this would help you
Cheers @gabimlobo

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