generate_author_list.py

import csv
import subprocess

if __name__ == '__main__':
    authors = []

    with open('author_list.csv') as csvfile:
        reader = csv.DictReader(csvfile, skipinitialspace=True)
        authors = [
            {
                'first_name': row['first_name'],
                'last_name': row['last_name'],
                'institution': row['institution'],
            }
            for row in reader
        ]

    authors = sorted(authors, key=lambda k: k['last_name'])

    # list of the unique institutions ordered as the authors are
    institutions = []
    for author in authors:
        if author['institution'] not in institutions:
            institutions.append(author['institution'])

    # Get the number of the author's institution and write to string
    latex_file_string = ''
    for author in authors:
        author['institution_index'] = institutions.index(author['institution']) + 1
        latex_file_string += (
            str(author['first_name'])
            + ' '
            + str(author['last_name'])
            + '$^{'
            + str(author['institution_index'])
            + '}$,\n'
        )
    latex_file_string = latex_file_string[:-2] + '\n\\bigskip\n'

    for institution in institutions:
        latex_file_string += (
            '\\par {\\footnotesize $^{'
            + str(institutions.index(institution) + 1)
            + '}$ '
            + str(institution)
            + '}\n'
        )

    latex_file_string += '\n\\clearpage\n'

    with open('src/authors.tex', 'w') as out_file:
        out_file.write(latex_file_string)

    # Add the editors
    editors = [
        author
        for author in authors
        if author['last_name'] in ['Gleyzer', 'Seyfert', 'Schramm']
    ]
    # Have order be Gleyzer, Seyfert, Schramm
    editors = [editors[0], editors[2], editors[1]]
    editors_string = '\\textbf{Editors}:'
    for editor in editors:
        editors_string += (
            ' '
            + str(editor['first_name'])
            + ' '
            + str(editor['last_name'])
            + '$^{'
            + str(editor['institution_index'])
            + '}$,'
        )
    editors_string = editors_string[:-1] + '\\\\\\'
    subprocess.call(
        ['sed', '-i.bak', '/Editors/c\{}'.format(editors_string), 'HSF_ML_CWP.tex']
    )