authors_parser.py

#!/usr/bin/python3


import re
import sys


example = "[Renne, Julius; Gutberlet, Marcel; Voskrebenzev, Andreas; Kern, Agilo; Kaireit, Till; Hinrichs, Jan; Wacker, Frank; Vogel-Claussen, Jens] Hannover Med Sch, Dept Intervent & Diagnost Radiol, Hannover, Germany; [Renne, Julius; Gutberlet, Marcel; Voskrebenzev, Andreas; Hinrichs, Jan; Warnecke, Gregor; Braubach, Peter; Jonigk, Danny; Vogel-Claussen, Jens; Zinne, Norman] Integrated Res & Treatment Ctr Transplantat IfB T, Hannover, Germany; [Zardo, Patrick; Warnecke, Gregor; Krueger, Marcus; Haverich, Axel; Zinne, Norman] Hannover Med Sch, Clin Cardiothorac & Transplantat Surg, Hannover, Germany; [Braubach, Peter; Jonigk, Danny] Hannover Med Sch, Dept Pathol, Hannover, Germany; [Wacker, Frank; Vogel-Claussen, Jens] German Ctr Lung Res, BREATH, Hannover, Germany"



def parse_affiliations(raw):
    authors = dict()

    start = 0

    while raw:
        start = raw.find('[')
        stop = raw.find(']')

        au = raw[start+1:stop]
        au_split = au.split(";")

        raw = raw[stop+1:]

        pos = raw.find(';')
        if pos != -1:
            af = raw[:pos]
            raw = raw[pos:]
        else:
            af = raw
            raw = ""

        af = af.strip()
        print(f"{au_split}: {af}")
        for author in au_split:
            author = author.strip()
            existing = authors.get(author, [])
            if not existing:
                authors[author] = [af]
            else:
                existing.append(af)

    return authors


def main():
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        to_parse = sys.argv[1]
    else:
        to_parse = example

    af = parse_affiliations(to_parse)
    print(af)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()