lcname='Morales, Lisa Marie Garcia'
*-- Look for the first space starting at the end (right) of the string
?substr(lcname,rat(' ',lcname)+1)

>I am trying to parse a string that contains lastname, firstname middlename as follows:
>
>'Morales, Lisa Marie Garcia'
>
>I am trying to retrieve "Garcia" (lastname) from the whole string shown above. Does anyone know a good way to do this?