Use RegEx to extract name from a string that contains NAME + ADDRESS

[gurpreet-singh]

Hi, 

I have a few strings like:

- Mike Jason new port street 1345 adilli

- Sam Curran way walk park duncan valley

- Mike Jason P Fallon sweetcan valley

How can I use RegEx to extract just name "Mike Jason" & "Sam Curran" & "Mike Jason P Fallon"

Can some one please help?

[jdunkerley79 · Accepted solution]

If you can guarentee the casing as per your examples:

TRIM(REGEX_Replace([Input], "^(([A-Z][a-z]* ){1,}).*?$", "$1", 0))

should get the names (assumes just alphabet characters in names you may need to widen and all start with capital)

It is relying on the fact that names start with a capital letter and it will stop at the first word which doesn't.

Sample attached.