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Get first name from name

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 * $URL: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sam/trunk/component/src/java/org/sakaiproject/tool/assessment/util/StringParseUtils.java $
 * $Id: StringParseUtils.java 9273 2006-05-10 22:34:28Z daisyf@stanford.edu $
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//package com.java2s;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) {
        String name = "Abnd Def";
        System.out.println(getFirstNameFromName(name));
    }

    /**
     * utility.
     * @param name full name
     * @return (hopefully) first name
     */
    public static String getFirstNameFromName(String name) {
        String[] names = getNameArray(name);
        if (names.length == 0) {
            return "";
        } else if (names.length == 1) {
            return names[0];
        }

        String[] tempNames = new String[names.length - 1];
        System.arraycopy(names, 0, tempNames, 0, tempNames.length);
        names = tempNames;

        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();

        for (int i = 0; i < names.length; i++) {
            if (names[i].length() > 0) {
                if (Character.isLowerCase(names[i].charAt(0))) {
                    break;
                }
                buf.append(names[i] + " ");
            } // ifnames
        } //for

        String s = buf.toString();
        s = s.trim();

        return s;
    }

    /**
     * util
     * @param name
     * @return each word in name
     */
    private static String[] getNameArray(String name) {
        ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(name, " ");
        while (st.hasMoreElements()) {
            list.add(st.nextToken());
        }

        int size = list.size();
        String sa[] = new String[size];

        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            sa[i] = (String) list.get(i);
        }

        return sa;
    }
}

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