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2011 Nov 08
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match first consecutive list of capitalized words in string
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My problem:
Assuming the following character vector is given:
names <- c("filia Maria", "vidua Joh Dirck Kleve (oo 02.02.1732)", "Bernardus Engelb Franciscus Linde j.u.Doktor referendarius sereniss Judex et gograven Rheinensis")
Is there a regular expression matching the first consecutive list of capitalized words in a single characterstring ("Maria", "Joh Dirck Kleve", "Bernardus Engelb Franciscus Linde&...