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Re:Show HN: A tool that transforms your whole list with just... by thehoff on Friday April 24, 2015 @10:48AM (#9433683)
I formatted their examples to appear like some real data I have that appears like this, obviously not names but descriptions of some projects. I was curious how this would handle it.

In any case, get rid of the "/" and its closer to real. Some people have more than two names in their full name. And on a set a little larger you could very well have something close to my second example.

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Re:Show HN: A tool that transforms your whole list with just... by createmyaccount on Friday April 24, 2015 @11:32AM (#9434011)
Currently it matches word by word, so for example if someone has a family name in two parts like "Van Buyten", it wont work. I think it's the same problem in your example: that the first "column" contains multiple words in some cases? We'll be fixing this in a future release!
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