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def last_first(name):   “””   Return last_name, first_name.   Checks for already reversed names.   Looks for some suffixes after the last name.   Only works with one part last names.   Leaves names like ‘Charles III’ as is.   “””   SUFFIXES = (‘jr’, ‘jnr’, ‘sr’, ‘snr’, … Continue reading →

def last_first(name):   “””   Return last_name, first_name.   Checks for already reversed names.   Assumes no suffix and one part last names.   “””   retval = name   if name and ‘,’ not in name:     parts = name.split()     retval = parts[-1] + ‘, ‘ + … Continue reading →

def digits(n):   q, m = divmod(n, 10)   while q or m:     yield m     q, m = divmod(q, 10)