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==task status==
 
What must one do to accomplish the task? It doesn't say. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 13:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
 
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::I have amended the task wording slightly to allow for a small selection of suffixes/honours to suffice for demonstration purposes - feel free to amend further if necessary. --[[User:Toucanbird|Toucanbird]] 19:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
 
==post-nominal letters==
 
As far as the problem of the numerous post-nominal letters (honorific, professional, generational, and others ...),
most of them have a common identifier   (just to list a very small sampling):
<pre>
A.B Atty. B.A. B.E. B.F.A. B.S. B.Sc. B.Tech. C.S.V. CEng. CFA. D.C. D.D. D.O. D.Phil.
Dr. e.g. Ed.D. Eng.D. Esq. etc. family. grandfather. herself. himself. II. III. IV. J.D
J.D. Jnr. Jr. Junior. K.B.E. L. L.L.B lawyer. LL.D LL.D. LL.M M.A. M.B.A. M.D. M.Eng
M.F.A. M.L.A. M.S. M.Sc. Master. MEOA. Minor. Miss. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Mz. nephew. O-3.
O.F.M. P.E. P.G. Ph.D. Pharm.D. R.A. R.I.P S. Snr. son. Sr.
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The REXX entry that I coded tests for the secret character in the last word in the name, and if found, ignores it &nbsp; (elides it from the name). &nbsp; -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 23:27, 12 August 2015 (UTC)