Question

Discuss how to use R programming to solve the following problem. You’re not just writing the R code, you are also discussing the process.

1. Given a person’s full name in the format of firstName middleName lastName such as Michael Carlos Dumas,
   1. write R code(s) to convert it to the format of lastName, middleInitial, firstName.
      
      In the case of Michael Carlos Dumas, the converted name is Dumas, C. Michael. Your solution should work with any names that comply with the format.
      (Hint: use str_split in stringr library to parse the full name).

Answer 1

Below is the R code. str_split() function is used to split the given string by space. The splitted string is now converted to list after split. Using the paste function separate words are again combined into the given format. The code will work for any 3 word string.

R Code-

name <- "Michael Carlos Dumas"
name
# Splitting the 3 words of name into 3 string
name <- strsplit(name, " ")
# Combining the names in given format using paste() function
new_name <- paste(name[[1]][1], paste(substring(name[[1]][2],1,1),".",sep=""),name[[1]][3], sep = " ")
new_name

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