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better handling of initials in cleanAuthor

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Simon Kornblith 2007-03-23 03:32:06 +00:00
parent 85fb1f7cf3
commit c6bc536f64
1 changed files with 14 additions and 5 deletions
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chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities.js
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@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ Zotero.Utilities.prototype.cleanAuthor = function(author, type, useComma) {
author = author.replace(/[\s\,\/\[\]\:\.]+$/, ''); author = author.replace(/[\s\,\/\[\]\:\.]+$/, '');
author = author.replace(/ +/, ' '); author = author.replace(/ +/, ' ');
if(useComma) { if(useComma) {
// Add period for initials // Add spaces between periods
if(author.substr(author.length-2, 1) == " " || author.substr(author.length-2, 1) == ".") { author = author.replace(/\.([^ ])/, ". $1");
author += ".";
}
var splitNames = author.split(/, ?/); var splitNames = author.split(/, ?/);
if(splitNames.length > 1) { if(splitNames.length > 1) {
var lastName = splitNames[0]; var lastName = splitNames[0];
@ -70,7 +69,17 @@ Zotero.Utilities.prototype.cleanAuthor = function(author, type, useComma) {
var lastName = author.substring(spaceIndex+1); var lastName = author.substring(spaceIndex+1);
var firstName = author.substring(0, spaceIndex); var firstName = author.substring(0, spaceIndex);
} }
// TODO: take type into account
if(firstName && firstName.toUpperCase() == firstName &&
firstName.length <= 4 && lastName.toUpperCase() != lastName) {
// first name is probably initials
var newFirstName = "";
for(var i=0; i<firstName.length; i++) {
newFirstName += " "+firstName[i]+".";
}
firstName = newFirstName.substr(1);
}
return {firstName:firstName, lastName:lastName, creatorType:type}; return {firstName:firstName, lastName:lastName, creatorType:type};
} }