Prep a Name for Parsing

Normalizes raw name strings ahead of parsing: replaces periods with spaces, upper-cases, strips punctuation (keeping dashes) and digits, collapses whitespace, folds a set of period-separated abbreviations (e.g. PH D -> PHD), and dashes compound / locative surnames (see fix_locative_surnames()).

Usage

prep_name(x)

Arguments

x

A character vector of raw names to prep.

Value

A character vector of cleaned, upper-cased names.

Examples

prep_name("livingston III,   MICHAEL JOHN9")
#> [1] "LIVINGSTON III MICHAEL JOHN"