Parsing full names from a list of names
I am using namesparser to extract full names from a list of names.
from namesparser import HumanNames
names = HumanNames('Randy Heimerman, James Durham, Nate Green')
print(names.human_names[0])
Namesparser works well in most cases, but the above example is getting hung up. I believe it is because the name "Randy" includes "and", which namesparser is treating as a separator.
When I move Randy's name to the end of the string, the correct name is printed (James Durham). If I try to print either of the 2 other names, though, the wrong strings are returned.
Any ideas on how I can resolve this?
python parsing
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I am using namesparser to extract full names from a list of names.
from namesparser import HumanNames
names = HumanNames('Randy Heimerman, James Durham, Nate Green')
print(names.human_names[0])
Namesparser works well in most cases, but the above example is getting hung up. I believe it is because the name "Randy" includes "and", which namesparser is treating as a separator.
When I move Randy's name to the end of the string, the correct name is printed (James Durham). If I try to print either of the 2 other names, though, the wrong strings are returned.
Any ideas on how I can resolve this?
python parsing
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
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Can you provide what is the current output that you get?
– Andreas
Nov 14 '18 at 2:00
Are all the full names literally comma separated? Also, have you considered using a named entity recognition pipeline? Stanford's CoreNLP would parse this no sweat, and then you'd just use while loops to collect consecutive tokens with the person attribute...
– duhaime
Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
whatsHumanNamesI don't see that class in the docs, onlyHumanNamewhich takes one person at a time, if you could provide more info there is probably a way already how to do this in the library
– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:03
github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:29
the issue is here -> github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser/blob/master/… you'll have to change that line otherwise it will keep splitting the name on theand
– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:53
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I am using namesparser to extract full names from a list of names.
from namesparser import HumanNames
names = HumanNames('Randy Heimerman, James Durham, Nate Green')
print(names.human_names[0])
Namesparser works well in most cases, but the above example is getting hung up. I believe it is because the name "Randy" includes "and", which namesparser is treating as a separator.
When I move Randy's name to the end of the string, the correct name is printed (James Durham). If I try to print either of the 2 other names, though, the wrong strings are returned.
Any ideas on how I can resolve this?
python parsing
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
153k19135200
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
164
I am using namesparser to extract full names from a list of names.
from namesparser import HumanNames
names = HumanNames('Randy Heimerman, James Durham, Nate Green')
print(names.human_names[0])
Namesparser works well in most cases, but the above example is getting hung up. I believe it is because the name "Randy" includes "and", which namesparser is treating as a separator.
When I move Randy's name to the end of the string, the correct name is printed (James Durham). If I try to print either of the 2 other names, though, the wrong strings are returned.
Any ideas on how I can resolve this?
python parsing
python parsing
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
153k19135200
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
164
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
153k19135200
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
164
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
153k19135200
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
153k19135200
edited Nov 15 '18 at 14:29
rici
153k19135200
153k19135200
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
164
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
164
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Steve JustSteve Just
164
164
Can you provide what is the current output that you get?
– Andreas
Nov 14 '18 at 2:00
Are all the full names literally comma separated? Also, have you considered using a named entity recognition pipeline? Stanford's CoreNLP would parse this no sweat, and then you'd just use while loops to collect consecutive tokens with the person attribute...
– duhaime
Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
whatsHumanNamesI don't see that class in the docs, onlyHumanNamewhich takes one person at a time, if you could provide more info there is probably a way already how to do this in the library
– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:03
github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:29
the issue is here -> github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser/blob/master/… you'll have to change that line otherwise it will keep splitting the name on theand
– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:53
|
show 3 more comments
Can you provide what is the current output that you get?
– Andreas
Nov 14 '18 at 2:00
Are all the full names literally comma separated? Also, have you considered using a named entity recognition pipeline? Stanford's CoreNLP would parse this no sweat, and then you'd just use while loops to collect consecutive tokens with the person attribute...
– duhaime
Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
whatsHumanNamesI don't see that class in the docs, onlyHumanNamewhich takes one person at a time, if you could provide more info there is probably a way already how to do this in the library
– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:03
github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:29
the issue is here -> github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser/blob/master/… you'll have to change that line otherwise it will keep splitting the name on theand
– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:53
Can you provide what is the current output that you get?
– Andreas
Nov 14 '18 at 2:00
Can you provide what is the current output that you get?
– Andreas
Nov 14 '18 at 2:00
Are all the full names literally comma separated? Also, have you considered using a named entity recognition pipeline? Stanford's CoreNLP would parse this no sweat, and then you'd just use while loops to collect consecutive tokens with the person attribute...
– duhaime
Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
Are all the full names literally comma separated? Also, have you considered using a named entity recognition pipeline? Stanford's CoreNLP would parse this no sweat, and then you'd just use while loops to collect consecutive tokens with the person attribute...
– duhaime
Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
whats
HumanNames I don't see that class in the docs, only HumanName which takes one person at a time, if you could provide more info there is probably a way already how to do this in the library– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:03
whats
HumanNames I don't see that class in the docs, only HumanName which takes one person at a time, if you could provide more info there is probably a way already how to do this in the library– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:03
github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:29
github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:29
the issue is here -> github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser/blob/master/… you'll have to change that line otherwise it will keep splitting the name on the
and– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:53
the issue is here -> github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser/blob/master/… you'll have to change that line otherwise it will keep splitting the name on the
and– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:53
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I think you should use the comma , as your delimiter.
def print_names( name_string ):
return (name.strip() for name in name_string.split(","))
what this does is split your string on the comma, and then strip trailing and leading spaces, etc... before returning an array of names.
Now that you have a generator of names, you can pass it into other things for example:
humans = [HumanName(name) for name in print_names(name_string)]
but then again, I dont know what your class HumanNames / HumanName really means, and you didnt put a class defition.
If you are looking at this module: https://pypi.org/project/nameparser/ in which it takes a string consisting of a singular name, the above will still work no problem.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
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I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
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I think you should use the comma , as your delimiter.
def print_names( name_string ):
return (name.strip() for name in name_string.split(","))
what this does is split your string on the comma, and then strip trailing and leading spaces, etc... before returning an array of names.
Now that you have a generator of names, you can pass it into other things for example:
humans = [HumanName(name) for name in print_names(name_string)]
but then again, I dont know what your class HumanNames / HumanName really means, and you didnt put a class defition.
If you are looking at this module: https://pypi.org/project/nameparser/ in which it takes a string consisting of a singular name, the above will still work no problem.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
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I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
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I think you should use the comma , as your delimiter.
def print_names( name_string ):
return (name.strip() for name in name_string.split(","))
what this does is split your string on the comma, and then strip trailing and leading spaces, etc... before returning an array of names.
Now that you have a generator of names, you can pass it into other things for example:
humans = [HumanName(name) for name in print_names(name_string)]
but then again, I dont know what your class HumanNames / HumanName really means, and you didnt put a class defition.
If you are looking at this module: https://pypi.org/project/nameparser/ in which it takes a string consisting of a singular name, the above will still work no problem.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
3,95883483
I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
add a comment |
I think you should use the comma , as your delimiter.
def print_names( name_string ):
return (name.strip() for name in name_string.split(","))
what this does is split your string on the comma, and then strip trailing and leading spaces, etc... before returning an array of names.
Now that you have a generator of names, you can pass it into other things for example:
humans = [HumanName(name) for name in print_names(name_string)]
but then again, I dont know what your class HumanNames / HumanName really means, and you didnt put a class defition.
If you are looking at this module: https://pypi.org/project/nameparser/ in which it takes a string consisting of a singular name, the above will still work no problem.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
3,95883483
I think you should use the comma , as your delimiter.
def print_names( name_string ):
return (name.strip() for name in name_string.split(","))
what this does is split your string on the comma, and then strip trailing and leading spaces, etc... before returning an array of names.
Now that you have a generator of names, you can pass it into other things for example:
humans = [HumanName(name) for name in print_names(name_string)]
but then again, I dont know what your class HumanNames / HumanName really means, and you didnt put a class defition.
If you are looking at this module: https://pypi.org/project/nameparser/ in which it takes a string consisting of a singular name, the above will still work no problem.
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
3,95883483
edited Nov 14 '18 at 2:08
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
3,95883483
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
3,95883483
answered Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
FallenreaperFallenreaper
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3,95883483
I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
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I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I can't simply split based on comma because of names like "John Smith, Jr." Namesparser is supposed to account for these situations (and in fact, works well). It just seems to be getting tripped up by this scenario where "and" falls within the name itself.
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:31
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
I think you need to point me to a class which defines "HumanNames" because HumanName takes only 1. I dont know what the constraints are for the plural version. Can you link it? I should be able to assist a bit more if i can see its implementation
– Fallenreaper
Nov 14 '18 at 4:21
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Can you provide what is the current output that you get?
– Andreas
Nov 14 '18 at 2:00
Are all the full names literally comma separated? Also, have you considered using a named entity recognition pipeline? Stanford's CoreNLP would parse this no sweat, and then you'd just use while loops to collect consecutive tokens with the person attribute...
– duhaime
Nov 14 '18 at 2:01
whats
HumanNamesI don't see that class in the docs, onlyHumanNamewhich takes one person at a time, if you could provide more info there is probably a way already how to do this in the library– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:03
github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser
– Steve Just
Nov 14 '18 at 2:29
the issue is here -> github.com/gwu-libraries/namesparser/blob/master/… you'll have to change that line otherwise it will keep splitting the name on the
and– aws_apprentice
Nov 14 '18 at 2:53