String extraction

[buran]

>>> my_string = 'grant-perice, Mr. Owen Harris'
>>> title, name = my_string.split(',')
>>> title
'grant-perice'
>>> name.strip()
'Mr. Owen Harris'
>>> name.split('.')[-1].strip()
'Owen Harris'
>>> title, name = my_string.split('.')
>>> name.strip()
'Owen Harris'
>>> title
'grant-perice, Mr'

of course, you can also use RegEx, check re module

or you can install third party package nameparser

>>> import nameparser
>>> name = HumanName('grant-perice, Mr. Owen Harris')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'HumanName' is not defined
>>> name = nameparser.HumanName('grant-perice, Mr. Owen Harris')
>>> name
<HumanName : [
	title: 'Mr.' 
	first: 'Owen' 
	middle: 'Harris' 
	last: 'grant-perice' 
	suffix: ''
	nickname: ''
]>
>>> name = nameparser.HumanName('Mr. Owen Harris')
>>> name
<HumanName : [
	title: 'Mr.' 
	first: 'Owen' 
	middle: '' 
	last: 'Harris' 
	suffix: ''
	nickname: ''
]>