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humaniformat (version 0.6.0)

last_name: Get or set a name's last name

Description

as in the lubridate package, individual components of a name can be both extracted or set using the relevant function call - see the examples.

Usage

last_name(x)
last_name(x) <- value

Arguments

x
a name, or vector of names
value
a replacement value for x's last name.

See Also

salutation, first_name, middle_name and suffix for other accessors.

Examples

Run this code
#Get a last name
example_name <- "Mr Jim Toby Jeffries"
last_name(example_name)

#Set a last name
last_name(example_name) <- "Smith"

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