def get_most_frequent_name_from_pid(person_id= -1):
'''
Finds the most frequent name of a person to be
representative for this person.
@param person_id: the person ID to look at
@type person_id: int
@return: returns the most frequent normalized name of a person
@rtype: string
'''
if (not person_id > -1) or (not isinstance(person_id, int)):
return "'%s' doesn't look like a person ID!" % person_id
mf_name = ""
try:
nn = tu.get_person_names_count((person_id,))
mf_name = sorted(nn, key=lambda k:k[1], reverse=True)[0][0]
except IndexError:
pass
if mf_name:
return mf_name
else:
return "This person does not seem to have a name!"
def get_person_names_from_id(person_id= -1):
'''
Finds and returns the names associated with this person along with the
frequency of occurrence (i.e. the number of papers)
@param person_id: an id to find the names for
@type person_id: int
@return: name and number of occurrences of the name
@rtype: tuple of tuple
'''
# #retrieve all rows for the person
if (not person_id > -1) or (not isinstance(person_id, int)):
return []
return tu.get_person_names_count((person_id,))
def get_longest_name_from_pid(person_id= -1):
'''
Finds the longest name of a person to be representative for this person.
@param person_id: the person ID to look at
@type person_id: int
@return: returns the longest normalized name of a person
@rtype: string
'''
if (not person_id > -1) or (not isinstance(person_id, int)):
return "This doesn't look like a person ID!"
longest_name = ""
for name in tu.get_person_names_count((person_id,)):
if name and len(name[0]) > len(longest_name):
longest_name = name[0]
if longest_name:
return longest_name
else:
return "This person does not seem to have a name!"
