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.IX Title "Biber::Entry::Names 3pm"
.TH Biber::Entry::Names 3pm 2024-04-21 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Biber::Entry::Names \- Biber::Entry::Names objects
.SS new
.IX Subsection "new"
.Vb 1
\&    Initialize a Biber::Entry::Names object
.Ve
.SS notnull
.IX Subsection "notnull"
.Vb 1
\&    Test for an empty object
.Ve
.SS names
.IX Subsection "names"
.Vb 2
\&    Return ref to array of all Biber::Entry::Name objects
\&    in object
.Ve
.SS add_name
.IX Subsection "add_name"
.Vb 2
\&    Add a Biber::Entry::Name object to the Biber::Entry::Names
\&    object
.Ve
.SS replace_name
.IX Subsection "replace_name"
.Vb 2
\&    Replace a Biber::Entry::Name at a position (1\-based)
\&    with a provided one
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.SS splice
.IX Subsection "splice"
.Vb 2
\&    Splice a Biber::Entry::Names object into a Biber::Entry::Names object at a
\&    position (1\-based)
.Ve
.SS set_morenames
.IX Subsection "set_morenames"
.Vb 1
\&    Sets a flag to say that we had a "and others" in the data
.Ve
.SS get_morenames
.IX Subsection "get_morenames"
.Vb 1
\&    Gets the morenames flag
.Ve
.SS count
.IX Subsection "count"
.Vb 1
\&    Returns the number of Biber::Entry::Name objects in the object
.Ve
.SS is_nth_name
.IX Subsection "is_nth_name"
.Vb 1
\&    Returns boolean to say of there is an nth name
.Ve
.SS nth_name
.IX Subsection "nth_name"
.Vb 2
\&    Returns the nth Biber::Entry::Name object in the object or the last one
\&    if n > total names
.Ve
.SS first_n_names
.IX Subsection "first_n_names"
.Vb 2
\&    Returns an array ref of Biber::Entry::Name objects containing only
\&    the first n Biber::Entry::Name objects or all names if n > total names
.Ve
.SS del_last_name
.IX Subsection "del_last_name"
.Vb 1
\&    Deletes the last Biber::Entry::Name object in the object
.Ve
.SS last_name
.IX Subsection "last_name"
.Vb 1
\&    Returns the last Biber::Entry::Name object in the object
.Ve
.SS get_xdata
.IX Subsection "get_xdata"
.Vb 1
\&    Get any xdata reference information for a namelist
.Ve
.SS dump
.IX Subsection "dump"
.Vb 1
\&    Dump a Biber::Entry::Names object for debugging purposes
.Ve
.SH AUTHORS
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
Philip Kime \f(CW\*(C`<philip at kime.org.uk>\*(C'\fR
.SH BUGS
.IX Header "BUGS"
Please report any bugs or feature requests on our Github tracker at
<https://github.com/plk/biber/issues>.
.SH "COPYRIGHT & LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT & LICENSE"
Copyright 2009\-2012 François Charette and Philip Kime, all rights reserved.
Copyright 2012\-2024 Philip Kime, all rights reserved.
.PP
This module is free software.  You can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.