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+############################################################################
+#
+# File: lastname.icn
+#
+# Subject: Procedure to produce last name
+#
+# Author: Ralph E. Griswold
+#
+# Date: June 21, 2000
+#
+############################################################################
+#
+# This file is in the public domain.
+#
+############################################################################
+#
+# Produces the last name of a name in conventional form. Obviously, it
+# doesn't work for every possibility.
+#
+############################################################################
+
+procedure lastname(s)
+ local line, i
+
+ line := trim(s)
+ line ?:= tab(upto(',')) # Get rid of things like " ... , Jr."
+ line ? {
+ every i := upto(' ')
+ tab(\i + 1)
+ return tab(0)
+ }
+
+end