whoops, forgot to commit this before closing the issue-- strip numbers [0-9] from student's names

roomlist/accounts/views.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import random
 from distutils.util import strtobool
 from operator import attrgetter
 from itertools import chain
+import re
 # core django imports
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, HttpResponseRedirect, Http404
 from django.views.generic import CreateView, ListView, DetailView, FormView, DeleteView
@@ -94,6 +95,11 @@ def create_email(text_path, html_path, subject, to, context):
     return msg
 
 
+def no_nums(name):
+    no_numbers = re.sub('[0-9]', '', name)
+    return no_numbers
+
+
 # details about the student
 class DetailStudent(LoginRequiredMixin, DetailView):
     model = Student
@@ -304,8 +310,8 @@ class UpdateStudent(LoginRequiredMixin, FormValidMessageMixin, FormView):
         except:
             pass
 
-        me.user.first_name = form.data['first_name']
-        me.user.last_name = form.data['last_name']
+        me.user.first_name = no_nums(form.data['first_name'])
+        me.user.last_name = no_nums(form.data['last_name'])
         me.gender = form.data.getlist('gender')
         me.show_gender = strtobool(form.data.get('show_gender', 'False'))
         me.privacy = form.data['privacy']

roomlist/welcome/views.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from braces.views import LoginRequiredMixin
 from ratelimit.decorators import ratelimit
 # imports from your apps
 from accounts.models import Student, Confirmation, Major
-from accounts.views import create_email
+from accounts.views import create_email, no_nums
 from housing.models import Room
 from .forms import (WelcomeNameForm, WelcomeMajorForm,
                     WelcomePrivacyForm, WelcomeSocialForm)
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ class WelcomeName(LoginRequiredMixin, FormView):
     def form_valid(self, form):
         me = Student.objects.get(user=self.request.user)
 
-        me.user.first_name = form.data['first_name']
-        me.user.last_name = form.data['last_name']
+        me.user.first_name = no_nums(form.data['first_name'])
+        me.user.last_name = no_nums(form.data['last_name'])
 
         me.gender = form.data.getlist('gender')
         me.show_gender = strtobool(form.data.get('show_gender', 'False'))