Create a utility function getLocalisedname()

To make the name more usable we had to extract the name formatting logic into it's own function.

#6830

packages/client/src/utils/data-formatting.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 import { getDefaultLanguage } from '@client/i18n/utils'
 import type { GQLComment } from '@client/utils/gateway-deprecated-do-not-use'
 import { HumanName } from './gateway'
+import { constantsMessages } from '@client/i18n/messages'
+import { IntlShape } from 'react-intl'
 
 interface INamesMap {
   [key: string]: string
@@ -86,3 +88,17 @@ export const mergeArraysRemovingEmptyStrings = (
 export function getPercentage(total: number, current: number) {
   return current === 0 || total === 0 ? 0 : (current / total) * 100
 }
+
+export function getLocalisedName(
+  intl: IntlShape,
+  nameObject: HumanName
+): string {
+  return intl
+    .formatMessage(constantsMessages.humanName, {
+      firstName: nameObject.firstNames,
+      middleName: nameObject.middleName,
+      lastName: nameObject.familyName
+    })
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ') // Remove extra spaces
+    .trim()
+}