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Simple way to format name
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format_name.py
from string import strip
def format_name(name):
#Step 1: Split by ,
#Step 2: Remove any extrac white space in tokens using Map
#Step 3: Reverse List using ::-1
#Step 4: Join with White Space
return " ".join(map(strip, name.split(","))[::-1])
>>> format_name("Shah, Saheb")
'Saheb Shah'
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