A function that converts a name into a general format <last_name><separator><firstname letter(s)> (all lowercase)
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from mlxtend.text import generalize_names
A function that converts a name into a general format <last_name><separator><firstname letter(s)> (all lowercase)
, which is useful if data is collected from different sources and is supposed to be compared or merged based on name identifiers. E.g., if names are stored in a pandas DataFrame
column, the apply function can be used to generalize names: df['name'] = df['name'].apply(generalize_names)
from mlxtend.text import generalize_names
generalize_names('Pozo, José Ángel')
'pozo j'
generalize_names('José Pozo')
'pozo j'
generalize_names('José Ángel Pozo')
'pozo j'
from mlxtend.text import generalize_names
generalize_names("Eto'o, Samuel", firstname_output_letters=2)
'etoo sa'
generalize_names("Eto'o, Samuel", firstname_output_letters=0)
'etoo'
generalize_names("Eto'o, Samuel", output_sep=', ')
'etoo, s'
with open('../../api_modules/mlxtend.text/generalize_names.md', 'r') as f:
print(f.read())
## generalize_names *generalize_names(name, output_sep=' ', firstname_output_letters=1)* Generalize a person's first and last name. Returns a person's name in the format `<last_name><separator><firstname letter(s)> (all lowercase)` **Parameters** - `name` : `str` Name of the player - `output_sep` : `str` (default: ' ') String for separating last name and first name in the output. - `firstname_output_letters` : `int` Number of letters in the abbreviated first name. **Returns** - `gen_name` : `str` The generalized name. **Examples** For usage examples, please see [http://rasbt.github.io/mlxtend/user_guide/text/generalize_names/](http://rasbt.github.io/mlxtend/user_guide/text/generalize_names/)