Module: Nomener::Titles

Extended by:: Base

Included in:: Parser

Defined in:: lib/nomener/titles.rb

Overview

Module for title information

Constant Summary collapse

TITLES = Internal: Regex for matching name prefixes such as honorifics and other formalities

%r/\b(?:
  خانم                              # Persian Mrs ?
  | (?:רעב|'ר)                     # Yiddish Mr.
  | አቶ                             # Amharic Mr.
  | Adi                             # Fiji
  | Air\p{Blank}(?:Commander|Commodore|Marshall)            # Air Commander, Commodore, Marshall
  | Ald(?:erman|\.)?
  | (?:Arch)?Du(?:ke|chess)         # Duke, Archduke, Duchess, Archduchess
  | Ato                             # Amharic Mr.
  | Baron(?:ess)?
  | Bishop
  | Bulou                           # Fiji
  | Brig(?:adier)?
  | Brother
  | Capt(?:ain|\.)?
  | Cdr\.?                          # Commander
  | Chaplain
  | Colonel
  | Comm(?:ander|odore)             # Commander, Commodore
  | Count(?:ess)?
  | Dame
  | Det\.?
  | Dhr\.?
  | Doctor
  | Dr\.?
#      | Dona                           # Always with first name
#      | Don                            # Always with first name
  | Dom
  | Erzherzog(?:in)?                # Erzherzog, Erzherzogin
  | Father
  | Field\p{Blank}Marshall
  | Flt?\.?(?:\p{Blank}(?:Lt|Off)\.?) # Fl Lt, Flt Lt, Fl Off, Flt Off
  | Flight(?:\p{Blank}(?:Lieutenant|Officer)) # Flight Lieutenant, Flight Officer
  | Frau
  | Fr\.?
  | Gen(?:eral|\.)?                 # General
  | H[äe]rra                        # Estonian, Finnish Mr
  | Herr
  | Hra?\.?                         # Finnish
  | (?:Rt\.?|Right)?\p{Blank}?Hon\.?(?:ourable)?  # Honourable, Right Honourable
  | Insp\.?(?:ector)?               # Inspector
  | Judge
  | Justice
  | Khaanom                         # Persian Mrs
  | Lady
  | Lieutenant(?:\p{Blank}(?:Commander|Colonel|General))?   # Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Lieutenant Colonel, Lieutenant General
  | Lt\.?(?:\p{Blank}(?:Cdr|Col|Gen)\.?)? # Lt, Lt Col, Lt Cdr, Lt Gen
  | (?:Lt|Leut|Lieut)\.?
  | Lord
#      | M\.?                            # French
  | Madam(?:e)?
  | Mademoiselle                    # French
  | Maid
  | Ma[îi]tre                       # French
  | Major(?:\p{Blank}General)?      # Major, Major General
  | Maj\.?(?:\p{Blank}Gen\.?)?      # Maj, Maj Gen
  | (?:Master|Technical|Staff)?\p{Blank}?Sergeant
  | [MTS]?Sgt\.?                    # Master, Staff, Technical, or just Sergeant
  | Mast(?:er|\.)?
  | Matron
  | Menina
  | Messrs
  | Meneer
  | Mlle\.?                         # French
  | Miss\.?
  | Mister
  | Mn[er]\.?                       # Mne (Mnr) Afrikaans Mr.
  | Mme\.?                          # French
  | Mons(?:ignor|\.?)               # Monsignor
  | Monsieur                        # French
  | Most\p{Blank}Rever[e|a]nd
  | Mother(?:\p{Blank}Superior)?    # Mother, Mother Superior
  | Mrs?\.?
  | Msgr\.?                         # Monsignor
  | M\/?s\.?                        # Ms, Ms
  | Mt\.?\p{Blank}Revd?\.?
  | Mx\.?
  | (?-i:ông)                       # Vietnamese Mr. must be lowercase
  | Pastor
  | Private
  | Prof(?:essor|esseur|\.)?        # Professor, Professeur, Prof
  | Pte\.?                          # Private
  | Pvt\.?                          # Private
  | PFC                             # Private first class
  | Rabbi
  | Ratu                            # Fiji Sir
  | Reb\.?                          # Yiddish Mr.
  | Rever[e|a]nd
  | Revd?\.?
  | Ro(?:ko)?                       # Fiji
  | Se[nñ]h?orita                   # senorita, señorita, senhorita
  | Se[nñ]h?ora                     # senora, señora, senhora
  | Se[nñ][hy]?or(?:\p{Blank}Dom)?  # senor,señor,senhor,senyor,senor dom
  | Sénher
  | Seigneur
  | Signor(?:a|e)
  | Sig(?:a|ra)?\.?
  | Sioro                           # Ido Mr.
  | Sro\.?                          # Ido Mr.
  | Sir
  | Sister
  | Sr(?:a|ta)?\.?
  | V\.?\ Revd?\.?
  | Very\ Rever[e|a]nd
)\b/xi

Constants included from Base

Base::PERIOD

Class Method Summary collapse

.parse_title!(nm) ⇒ Object

Internal: pull off a title if we can Modifies given string in place.

Methods included from Base

dustoff, gut!

Class Method Details

.parse_title!(nm) ⇒ `Object`

Internal: pull off a title if we can

Modifies given string in place.

nm - string of the name to parse

Returns string of the title found or and empty string

# File 'lib/nomener/titles.rb', line 123

def self.parse_title!(nm)
  return '' if nm.to_s.empty?
  dustoff gut!(nm, TITLES)
end