Regexp to find name from email address

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I have this sample data

akb.ggb@yahoo.com           should output         akb ggb
sdsd.sdsd@gmail.com         should output         sdsd sdsd
asdasd.asasd@tmail.com       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. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/703060/valid-email-address-regular-expression/703068#703068 has a regular expression that can do that — Andrew Grimm, Nov 14 '11 at 06:10

Ofir Farchy · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-14T06:07:18.763

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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 '11 at 06:07

answered Nov 14 '11 at 05:49

Ofir Farchy

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '11 at 05:58

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

"akb.ggb@xyx.com".replaceAll("@.*", "").replace(".", " "); // "akb ggb"

This will work for any number of "names", eg input of alfred.e.neuman@mad.com would result is "alfred e neuman" (three words)

Regexp to find name from email address

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