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'----------------------------------------------------------------------
'FUNCTION INITIALS
'Visual Basic function
'Purpose: changes a name to intials
'Examples: initials(Joseph E. Blow) results in JEB
' initials(Joseph Blow) results in JB
'Released to the public domain, no warranties, use at your own risk.
'Stephen E. Covell, CompuServe 75010,3700
' If you have a better way to do this, or any
' improvements, please let me know. You may want
' to declare: function initials (mNameInit as String)
' or: function initials (mNameInit as String) as String
' in your application.
'----------------------------------------------------------------------
Function Initials (mNameInit)
'---Get leftmost letter of string
mLeft = UCase(Left(mNameInit, 1))
'---Get place number value of character after space,
'---this will be either the middle intitial or the last name
Dim mMiddleNumber As Integer
mMiddleNumber = InStr(mNameInit, " ") + 1
'---Get character at that place number value
mMiddle = UCase(Mid(mNameInit, mMiddleNumber, 1))
'---Get place number value of character 2 spaces past period
'---this should be the last name if a middle initial was entered
If InStr(mNameInit, ".") Then 'See if there is a period in the string
Dim mLastNumber As Integer
mLastNumber = InStr(mNameInit, ".") + 2
mLast = UCase(Mid(mNameInit, mLastNumber, 1))
Else
mLast = "" 'No period, no middle initial, so make it blank
End If
Initials = mLeft & mMiddle & mLast
End Function