Hola. Maybe you need \commalistsentence?
\def\Autores{% {Luis David Gómez-Méndez, Ph. D.}, {Adriana del Pilar Pulido-Villamarín, M. Sc.}, {Rubiela Castañeda-Salazar, M. Sc.}, {Juan Carlos Ulloa-Rubiano, Ph. D.}, {Adriana Matiz-Villamil, M. Sc.}, {Fidson Juarismy Vesga-Pérez, Ph. D}% } \starttext \commalistsentence[\Autores][{;\space},{\space\letterampersand\space}] \stoptext Check lang-lab.mkxl for other goodies and examples. Best regards, Jairo El mié, 24 de nov. de 2021 a la(s) 19:10, Andres Conrado Montoya via ntg-context (ntg-context@ntg.nl) escribió: > I'm trying to produce a document with several authors, using macros for > comma separated lists. My MWE is as follows: > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > \def\autores{% > {Luis David Gómez-Méndez, Ph. D.}, > {Adriana del Pilar Pulido-Villamarín, M. Sc.}, > {Rubiela Castañeda-Salazar, M. Sc.}, > {Juan Carlos Ulloa-Rubiano, Ph. D.}, > {Adriana Matiz-Villamil, M. Sc.}% > } > > \def\lastAutor{Fidson Juarismy Vesga-Pérez, Ph. D} > > \def\autorParaLista#1{#1;\space} > \def\listaAutores{\processcommacommand[\autores]\autorParaLista & > \lastAutor: autores.} > > \starttext > > \listaAutores > > \stoptext > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > So far, no luck trying to extract the last item from a comma separated > list. That's the reason I created a "\lastAutor" macro, so I can treat the > last one differently. > > This produces: > > %%%%%% > Luis David Gómez-Méndez, Ph.D.; Adriana del Pilar Pulido-Villamarín, M. > Sc.; Rubiela Castañeda-Salazar, M. Sc.; Juan Carlos Ulloa-Rubiano, Ph.D.; > Adriana Matiz-Villamil, M. Sc.; & Fidson Juarismy Vesga-Pérez, Ph.D: > autores. > %%%%%% > > However, what I'm trying to get is: > > %%%%%% > Luis David Gómez-Méndez, Ph.D.; Adriana del Pilar Pulido-Villamarín, M. > Sc.; Rubiela Castañeda-Salazar, M. Sc.; Juan Carlos Ulloa-Rubiano, Ph.D.; > Adriana Matiz-Villamil, M. Sc. & Fidson Juarismy Vesga-Pérez, Ph.D: autores. > %%%%%% > > Which is very close to what I need, except the ";" just before the "&". So > the question is: is it possible to do this in a more effective or simpler, > or better way, and write a macro that outputs something like "Author1; > Author2; Author3 & Author4: authors.", given a comma separated list of > authors? > > -- > Andrés Conrado Montoya > Andi Kú > andresconr...@gmail.com > http://sesentaycuatro.com > http://messier87.com > http://chiquitico.org > ---------------------------------------- > Los fines no justifican los medios, porque la medida verdadera de nuestro > carácter está dada por los medios que estamos dispuestos a utilizar, no por > los fines que proclamamos. > ---------------------------------------- > > “You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an > intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do > something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look > so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag > him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a > bitch.’” — Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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