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- {
- > 2: And with a string I want to read a specific string and
- > get the first to letter of the 1st and last names.
- > So for example: Mike Enos ==> ME-DATA.DAT.
- >
- > Function GetDatName : String;
- [deleted]
-
- To get the first letter of a surname, it might be better to scan
- from the end of the string -- in case the person also uses their
- middle name or initial...
- }
-
- PROGRAM Monogram;
-
- VAR
- PersonName : STRING[64]; (* person's name(s) *)
- FileName : STRING[12]; (* file name *)
- Index : WORD; (* character pointer *)
-
- BEGIN
- FileName := '??-DATA.DAT'; (* common file name *)
-
- PersonName := 'Jack B. Nimble'; (* example name *)
-
- (* the person's name MUST contain at least one space... *)
-
- IF (Length(PersonName)=0) OR (Pos(' ',PersonName)=0) THEN BEGIN
- WriteLn; WriteLn ('First AND Last names, please...');
- Halt(1);
- END;
-
- (* assume there's no leading white spaces... *)
-
- FileName[1] := UpCase (PersonName[1]); (* pick up 1st char *)
-
- (* scan from the end of PersonName, looking for white space... *)
-
- Index := Length (PersonName);
- WHILE (Index > 0) AND (PersonName[Index] > ' ') DO DEC (Index);
-
- INC (Index); (* ... 'cause we went one too many *)
-
- FileName[2] := PersonName[Index]; (* get 1st char of surname *)
-
- WriteLn;
- WriteLn ('File name for "',PersonName,'" is ',FileName);
- WriteLn;
-
- END.