a lot of string operation, separate first last name
#coding=utf-8
def split_first_last_name(fullname):
if (" " in fullname):
seperator = fullname.find(" ")
firstname = fullname[0:seperator]
lastname = fullname[seperator+1:len(fullname)]
return [firstname, lastname]
elif (fullname.isalpha()):
return ["", fullname]
else:
#print type(fullname)
#print len(fullname)
fullname = fullname.decode('utf-8')
#print type(fullname)
#print fullname
if( len(fullname) > 3):
return [fullname[2:], fullname[0:2]]
else:
return [fullname[1:], fullname[0:1]]