How do you guys pick names in the Netherlands -- throw a box of poetry magnets in the air and see what sticks to the light fixtures? #### Is "MOTEL GOLDEN LEEUW" a valid name? #### while (){ $name = everything up to the first space. $rest = everything else if ($rest starts with one of the "van"-type prepositions){ deal with it } else { print "can't parse this one into a name: $_" } } #### ($_='jjjuuusssttt annootthheer pppeeerrrlll haaaccckkeer')=~y/a-z//s;print;