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Regular Expression
ECMAScript (JavaScript)

/
([A-Z])\w+\s([A-Z])\w*\s*([A-Z])*(?=,*)
/
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Description

Matches 2 or 3 initials from a name. If there is a "," and suffix like Jr., it does not include that in the result.

Submitted by Brad M. - 10 years ago