BibTeX::Parser::Author(3pm)

NAME
BibTeX::Parser::Author

VERSION
version 0.65

SYNOPSIS
This class ist a wrapper for a single BibTeX author. It is usually created by a BibTeX::Parser.

    use BibTeX::Parser::Author;

    my $entry = BibTeX::Parser::Author->new($full_name);

    my $firstname = $author->first;
    my $von       = $author->von;
    my $last      = $author->last;
    my $jr        = $author->jr;

    # or ...

    my ($first, $von, $last, $jr) = BibTeX::Author->split($fullname);

NAME
BibTeX::Author - Contains a single author for a BibTeX document.

VERSION
version 0.65

FUNCTIONS

  new
Create new author object. Expects full name as parameter.

  first
Set or get first name(s).

  von
Set or get 'von' part of name.

  last
Set or get last name(s).

  jr
Set or get 'jr' part of name.

  split
Split name into (firstname, von part, last name, jr part). Returns array with four strings, some of them possibly empty.

  to_string
Return string representation of the name.

AUTHOR
Gerhard Gossen <gerhard.gossen@googlemail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Gerhard Gossen.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.