Handle some unusual names

Based on emgee3#5

Author: Nirav Mehta

namecase.js

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@
       { s : /\'/, r : "'"},
       { s : /\"/, r : '"'},
       { s : /\(/, r : "("},
-      { s : /\./, r : "."}
+      { s : /\./, r : "."},
+      { s : /,/,  r : ","},
+      { s : /\//, r : "/"}
     ];
 
     for (var i = 0; i < splitters.length; i++) {
@@ -96,7 +98,8 @@
         .replace(/\bMacKey\b/,      "Mackey")
         .replace(/\bMacKley\b/,     "Mackley")
         .replace(/\bMacHell\b/,     "Machell")
-        .replace(/\bMacHon\b/,      "Machon");
+        .replace(/\bMacHon\b/,      "Machon")
+        .replace(/\bMacAyla\b/,     "Macayla");
     }
 
 
@@ -107,17 +110,18 @@
 
 
     // Fixes for "son (daughter) of" etc. in various languages.
-      .replace(/\bAl(?=\s+\w)/g,        "al")      // al Arabic or forename Al.
+      .replace(/\bAl(?=\s+\w)\b/g,        "al")      // al Arabic or forename Al.
       .replace(/\b(Bin|Binti|Binte)\b/, "bin")     // bin, binti, binte Arabic
       .replace(/\bAp\b/g,               "ap")      // ap Welsh.
       .replace(/\bBen(?=\s+\w)\b/g,     "ben")     // ben Hebrew or forename Ben.
       .replace(/\bDell([ae])\b/g,       "dell$1")  // della and delle Italian.
       .replace(/\bD([aeiu])\b/g,        "d$1")     // da, de, di Italian; du French.
       .replace(/\bDe([nlr])\b/g,        "de$1")    // del Italian; der/den Dutch/Flemish.
       .replace(/\bEl\b/g,               "el")      // el Greek
-      .replace(/\bLa\b/g,               "la")      // la French
-      .replace(/\bL([eo])\b/g,          "l$1")     // lo Italian; le French.
-      .replace(/\bVan(?=\s+\w)/g,       "van")     // van German or forename Van.
+      .replace(/\bLa\b/g, "la")      // la French
+      .replace(/\bLe(?=\s+\w)\b/g,  "le")     // le French
+      .replace(/\bLo\b/g,           "lo")     // lo Italian
+      .replace(/\bVan(?=\s+\w)\b/g, "van")    // van German or forename Van.
       .replace(/\bVon\b/g,              "von")     // von Dutch/Flemish
 
     // Fixes for roman numeral names, e.g. Henry VIII
@@ -138,14 +142,14 @@
     // Somewhat arbitrary rule where two letter combos not containing vowels should be capitalized
     // fixes /JJ Abrams/ and /JD Salinger/
     // With some exceptions
-      .replace(/\b[bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ]{2}\s/, function (v) { return v.toUpperCase(); } )
-      .replace(/\bMR\s/,            "Mr")
-      .replace(/\bMS\s/,            "Ms")
-      .replace(/\bDR\s/,            "Dr")
-      .replace(/\bST\s/,            "St")
-      .replace(/\bJR\s/,            "Jr")
-      .replace(/\bSR\s/,            "Sr")
-      .replace(/\bLT\s/,            "Lt")
+      .replace(/\b[bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxzBCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXZ]{2}\s/, function (v) { return v.toUpperCase(); } )
+      .replace(/\bMR\.?\b/,         "Mr")
+      .replace(/\bMS\.?\b/,         "Ms")
+      .replace(/\bDR\.?\b/,         "Dr")
+      .replace(/\bST\.?\b/,         "St")
+      .replace(/\bJR\.?\b/,         "Jr")
+      .replace(/\bSR\.?\b/,         "Sr")
+      .replace(/\bLT\.?\b/,         "Lt")
 
 
     // lowercase words

test/tests.js

@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ var individualFields = [
   "Mackle",           "Macklin",              "Mackie",
   "Macquarie",        "Machado",              "Macevicius",
   "Maciulis",         "Macias",               "MacMurdo",
-  "Mackrell",         "Maclin",               "McConnachie",
+  "Mackrell", "Maclin", "McConnachie",
+  "Macayla",
   // Roman numerals
   "Henry VIII",       "Louis III",            "Louis XIV",
   "Charles II",       "Fred XLIX",            "Iñtërnâtiônàlizætiøn"
@@ -162,7 +163,11 @@ var combinedFields = [
   "Bruce Wilcox",           "Evan Williams",          "Roberta Williams",         "Sophie Wilson",
   "Dave Winer",             "Niklaus Wirth",          "Stephen Wolfram",          "Don Woods",
   "Steve Wozniak",          "Will Wright",            "Jerry Yang",               "Victor Yngve",
-  "Jamie Zawinski",         "Philip Zimmermann",      "Mark Zuckerberg"
+  "Jamie Zawinski",         "Philip Zimmermann",      "Mark Zuckerberg",
+  /* Unusual names */
+  "Khiem Le",               "Macayla Carrns",         "Dr Carmen Balzano",        "Dr. Carmen Balzano",
+  "Dr Robert & Ann Leitz",  "Thao & Hy Nguyen",       "Ty Cobb",                  "Eugene L. Nath,Jr.",
+  "Lori & Leslie Cotton/Smith",                       "Ron/Alejandra Brown",      "Derrick/Sandra Jackson"
 ];
 
 describe('NameCase on combined fields', function () {