const parseFullName = require('./parseFullName') function parseName(name) { var parts = parseFullName(name) var firstName = parts.first if (firstName && parts.middle) firstName += ' ' + parts.middle return { first_name: firstName, last_name: parts.last } } // Check if this name segment is of the format "Last, First" or "First Last" // return true is "Last, First" function checkIsALastName(name) { if (!name.includes(' ')) return true // No spaces must be a Last name var parsed = parseFullName(name) if (!parsed.first) return true // had spaces but not a first name i.e. "von Mises", must be last name only return false } module.exports = (author) => { if (!author) return null var splitAuthors = [] // Example &LF: Friedman, Milton & Friedman, Rose if (author.includes('&')) { author.split('&').forEach((asa) => splitAuthors = splitAuthors.concat(asa.split(','))) } else { splitAuthors = author.split(',') } if (splitAuthors.length) splitAuthors = splitAuthors.map(a => a.trim()) var authors = [] // 1 author FIRST LAST if (splitAuthors.length === 1) { authors.push(parseName(author)) } else { var firstChunkIsALastName = checkIsALastName(splitAuthors[0]) var isEvenNum = splitAuthors.length % 2 === 0 if (!isEvenNum && firstChunkIsALastName) { // console.error('Multi-author LAST,FIRST entry has a straggler (could be roman numerals or a suffix), ignore it') splitAuthors = splitAuthors.slice(0, splitAuthors.length - 1) } if (firstChunkIsALastName) { var numAuthors = splitAuthors.length / 2 for (let i = 0; i < numAuthors; i++) { var last = splitAuthors.shift() var first = splitAuthors.shift() authors.push({ first_name: first, last_name: last }) } } else { splitAuthors.forEach((segment) => { authors.push(parseName(segment)) }) } } var firstLast = authors.length ? authors.map(a => a.first_name ? `${a.first_name} ${a.last_name}` : a.last_name).join(', ') : '' var lastFirst = authors.length ? authors.map(a => a.first_name ? `${a.last_name}, ${a.first_name}` : a.last_name).join(', ') : '' return { authorFL: firstLast, authorLF: lastFirst, authorsParsed: authors } }