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Old Pedant · 02-05-2013, 02:53 AM

Hmmm...and what about V.I.Warshavski or Wm.P.Norquist, III ??

Would you strip the periods and commas from them?

Phillips code leaves the periods alone by zaps the comma. Is that what you want?

But if the text is V. I. Warshavski and Wm. P. Norquist, III (note the spaces after the periods), then the periods get zapped, as well.

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Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,248 Thanks: 59 Thanked 3,999 Times in 3,968 Posts	Hmmm...and what about V.I.Warshavski or Wm.P.Norquist, III ?? Would you strip the periods and commas from them? Phillips code leaves the periods alone by zaps the comma. Is that what you want? But if the text is V. I. Warshavski and Wm. P. Norquist, III (note the spaces after the periods), then the periods get zapped, as well. __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is. Last edited by Old Pedant; 02-05-2013 at 03:00 AM..