pcsoft.us.windevCopyright 2026, PC SOFT5 Nov 2017 14:01:00 Z4 Nov 2017 20:22:00 ZHi folks, I'm struggling with the following. String: "A.B. Smith" needs to result in string "A.B." and string "Smith". I other words I want to extract initials and name from a string into 2 separate strings. Can somebody put me on the right track. Best regards, Aad30WEBDEVen_UShttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field/read.awpmoderateur@pcsoft.fr (El moderador)webmaster@pcsoft.fr (El webmaster)guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63227/read.awp5 Nov 2017 14:01:00 ZPerfect. Thank you very much. Regards, Aadhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63227/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63227/read.awpExtract initials and surname from field.guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63226/read.awp5 Nov 2017 11:42:00 ZHi if the space is the separator use the function below ExtractString(InitialString,1," ") gives "A.B." ExtractString(Initia…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63226/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63226/read.awpExtract initials and surname from field.guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63225/read.awp5 Nov 2017 09:43:00 ZHi Aad, Regards, Barthttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63225/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63225/read.awpExtract initials and surname from field.guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63224/read.awp5 Nov 2017 01:08:00 ZHi Bart, Thank you for your example. I played around with it and looked into the help file. Can you shed a little more light …https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63224/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63224/read.awpExtract initials and surname from field.guestpcsoft.us.windevhttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63222/read.awp4 Nov 2017 20:41:00 ZHi Aad, Maybe something like this: StringArray is array of strings StringToArray("A.B. Smith",StringArray, " ") FOR i=…https://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63222/read.awphttps://forum.pcsoft.fr/es-ES/pcsoft.us.windev/63219-extract-initials-and-surname-from-field-63222/read.awpExtract initials and surname from field.