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Regex to search for Full Names


I used this search in PowerGrep today searching through multiple transcript text files to find personal names. It will find any instance of two consecutive words whose first letters are upper case. [A-Z]([a-z]+|\.)(?:\s+[A-Z]([a-z]+|\.))*(?:\s+[a-z][a-z\-]+){0,2}\s+[A-Z]([a-z]+|\.)

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7653942/find-names-with-regular-expression

Be sure to check off the case sensitive option in PowerGrep.


 

Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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