Velocity Script - Clean Up First Name Field

Question

I'm currently use this email script token to clean up our first name field which often contains email addresses, periods, full names, and title case it, etc.

#if($lead.FirstName == "")  
  there##
#elseif($lead.FirstName.contains("@"))  
  there##
#elseif($lead.FirstName.contains(".")) 
  there##
#elseif($lead.FirstName.contains(" "))
  #set($name = $lead.FirstName.split(" ")[0])
  $name.substring(0,1).toUpperCase()$name.substring(1).toLowerCase()##
#else   
  #set($name = $lead.FirstName)
  $name.substring(0,1).toUpperCase()$name.substring(1).toLowerCase()##
#end

The one thing I can't figure out how to do is to identify when a first name field contains less than 2 characters so that on line #07 where we split the name, if the subsequent $name < 2 characters (e.g. "A Johnson" becoming "A") then just use "there". How do I do that?

SanfordWhiteman · Accepted Answer

First, note this approach doesn't work for people with hyphenated first names. "Jean-Marie" should not be changed to "Jean-marie," that's not right. (Similarly, people with a compound first name may not use a hyphen, like "Norma Jean," but that's the first name just the same, not "Norma.")

As for determining if something has N characters:

#if( $name.length() > 2 )
$display.capitalize($lead.FirstName.toLowerCase())##
#else
there##
#end

But there, too, you're saying that "AJ" and "B.B." aren't people's real-life first names.

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