Merge pull request #577 from NASA-IMPACT/fix/827-remove-extra-commas

adds support for multiple initials in author names
NASA-IMPACT · Mar 18, 2024 · f214d90 · f214d90
2 parents 4d4ce68 + c5b7e71
commit f214d90
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diff --git a/app/assets/scripts/utils/references.js b/app/assets/scripts/utils/references.js
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ function formatAuthors(authors, type = 'reference') {
       const firstNameInitialed = firstName
         .trim()
         .split(' ')
-        .map((word) => `${word[0]}.`); // first letter
+        .map((word) => `${word[0]}.`) // add period after first letter
+        .join(''); // rejoin in case of multiple initials
       return `${lastName}, ${firstNameInitialed}`;
     });