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cff_parse_person

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Previous API: parse a `person` to `cff`

Description

Use as_cff_person() instead.

Usage

cff_parse_person(person)

cff_parse_person_bibtex(person)

Arguments

person

It can be either:

A person object or list of person objects created with utils::person().
A character object or vector representing a person or persons.

Value

A cff_pers_lst object.

Examples

# Create a person object.
a_person <- person(
  given = "First", family = "Author",
  role = c("aut", "cre"),
  email = "first.last@example.com", comment = c(
    ORCID = "0000-0001-8457-4658",
    affiliation = "An affiliation"
  )
)

a_person

cff_person <- as_cff_person(a_person)

cff_person

# Back to person object with S3 method.
as.person(cff_person)

# Parse a string.
a_str <- paste0(
  "Julio Iglesias <fake@email.com> ",
  "(<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8457-4658>)"
)
as_cff_person(a_str)

# Several persons.
persons <- c(person("Clark", "Kent"), person("Lois", "Lane"))

as_cff_person(persons)

# Or use BibTeX style.

x <- "Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and Davis, Jr., Sammy and Joey Bishop"

as_cff_person(x)

as_cff_person("Herbert von Karajan")

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