User:Mathglot/sandbox/Templates/Cite MLA/authors
|last1=Horwitz |first1=Allan
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Given the string of names at the beginning of an MLA citation, emit the proper set of author params, such as |last1= and so on. Include a |display-authors=etal if called for. Cases handled:
- case 1a: A, B. e.g., "Horwitz, Allan." ⟶
|last1=Horowitz|first1=Allan - case 1b: A, B C. e.g., "Horwitz, Allan V." ⟶
|last1=Horowitz|first1=Allan V. - case 2a: A, B, et al. e.g., "Horwitz, Allan, et al." ⟶
|last1=Horowitz|first1=Allan|display-authors=etal