citeName: Function that transforms First Middle and Last name into a...
| citeName | R Documentation |
Function that transforms First Middle and Last name into a standard citation style string
Description
The function transforms names into standard citation style strings. For example Rainer Maria Rilke is converted to Rilke, R.M. The function breaks at spaces or hyphen, see the examples.
Usage
citeName(first, middle, last)
Arguments
first |
First name of the person |
middle |
Middle name of the person (or NA) |
last |
Last name of the person |
Value
A string with the last name followed by the extracted initials
Author(s)
Klaus Herrmann
Examples
print(citeName("Rainer","Maria","Rilke")) #Rilke, R.M.
print(citeName("Jean-Luc", "Borg", "Picard")) #Picard, J.L.B.
