Format and print author entries from the milestones database as text, HTML, or markdown.
Usage
print_author(aut, result = c("text", "html", "md", "markdown"))Arguments
- aut
A data frame from the
authors()table (one or more rows), or a numeric vector of author IDs (aid) to look up- result
Output format: "text" for plain text (default), "html" for HTML formatted output, or "md"/"markdown" for markdown format
Value
A character vector with the formatted author entries (invisibly). The formatted entries are also printed to the console.
Details
The function formats author information including name, birth/death places and dates, and notes. Missing values are handled gracefully.
If multiple authors are provided (either as multiple rows or multiple IDs), each author is printed on a separate line with a blank line between them.
Examples
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get authors and print the first one
aut <- authors()
print_author(aut[1, ])
# Print multiple authors
print_author(aut[1:3, ])
# Print as HTML
print_author(aut[1, ], result = "html")
# Print as markdown
print_author(aut[1, ], result = "md")
# Look up by author ID
print_author(2)
# Look up multiple IDs
print_author(c(2, 3, 4))
} # }