Re: how to add a space using a regex

John Bokma <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> "Bernard El-Hagin" <bernard.el-haginDODGE_THIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I suggest that two letter first names are quite rare,
>
> Not 2 letter first names, but for example TadMcClellan

How is that an objection?

s/([[:alpha:]][[:lower:]])([[:upper:]])/$1 $2/g;

makes "Tad McClellan" as it should.

Ed, Al, Ty, Bo, Jo, Ma, Lu and Vi would be out of luck.

A US name list (from the Census Bureau) lists 6 male and 27(!) female
two-letter names.

Anno
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