> I would like to select all names that have initials not seperated by
> a space. Such as:
>
> A.A. Peters
>

You mean, all strings containing a dot followed immediately by a capital
letter?

Then try:

  test="contains(translate($s, 'ABCDE...Z', 'A'), '.A')"

Mike Kay


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