bibpy.name module

Class for names split into its components (given name, family name etc.).

class bibpy.name.Name(first='', prefix='', last='', suffix='')

Bases: object

Class containing the individual components of a name.

family

Alias for self.last.

first

Return the first or given name.

format(style='first-last', initials=False)

Format the name using different styles. Default is ‘first-last’.

Consider the name ‘John Smith’ and its different styled formatings:

• first-last => ‘John Smith’
• last-first => ‘Smith, John’

If initials is True, convert name to its initials e.g. “Jane Gustav” => “J. G.”.

classmethod fromstring(string)

Extract the name parts of a string name.

given

Alias for self.first.

junior

Alias for self.suffix.

last

Return the last or family name.

parts

Return a tuple of all the name parts of this Name.

prefix

Return the prefix (e.g. ‘von’).

suffix

Return the suffix (e.g. ‘Jr.’).

von

Alias for self.prefix.