class Taxonifi::Splitter::Tokens::AuthorYear

A token to match an author year combination, breaks the string into three parts.

Attributes

authors[R]

parens[R]

year[R]

Public Class Methods

new(str) click to toggle source

# File lib/splitter/tokens.rb, line 44
def initialize(str)
  str.strip!
  # check for parens
  if str =~ %r\((.*)\)/
    w = $1
    @parens = true
  else
    w = str
    @parens = false
  end
  # check for year
  if w =~ %r(\d\d\d\d)\Z/
    @year = $1.to_i
    w.gsub!(%r\d\d\d\d\Z/, "")
    w.strip!
  end
  w.gsub!(%r,\s*\Z/, '')
  @authors = w.strip
  true 
end