1074;#Fring,, Gustavo (US - New Mexico),#i:0ǵ.t|adfs|gfring,#gfring@LPH.com,#gfring@lph.com,#Fring,, Gustavo (US - New Mexico);#11903;#Rodarte-Quaylet,, Lydia (US - Houston),#i:0#.w|atremalrquaylet,#lrquaylet@madrigal.com,#,#,, Rodarte-Quaylet,, Lydia (US - Houston)

function selfToArray(input, inputArray, splitter) {
    var values = {}
    var splitby = splitter || ';'
    if (input.indexOf( splitby ) >= 0) {
        var input_split_array = input.split( splitby )
        if (input_split_array.length) {
            if ( input_split_array[1].charAt(0) == '#') {
                for (var i = 0; i < input_split_array.length ; i++) {
                    if (i % 2 !== 0) { //check if odd
                        values.data = input_split_array[i].replace('#', '')
                        inputArray.push( values );
                    }
                    else { //if even
                        //values.id = input_split_array[i].replace('#', '') //currently not used
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

function getAuthor(input, inputArray ) {
    var author = {};
    if (input.indexOf( ',,' ) >= 0) input = input.replace(/,,/g, 'dummyvalue'); //used for identifying the name later on
    var arr = input.split(',#')
    for(var i=0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        if (arr[i].indexOf("dummyvalue") >= 0) { //find section containing the name
            arr[i] = arr[i].replace('dummyvalue',',')
            if (arr[i].indexOf(" (") >= 0) { //if author name contains location, such as: Fring,, Gustavo (US - New Mexico)
                author.name = arr[i].split(' (')[0]
                author.location = arr[i].split(' (')[1]
            }
            else {
                author.name = arr[i][0]
            }
        }
        else if (arr[i].indexOf("@") >= 0) { //find section with email
            author.email = arr[i]
            author.sip = arr[i]
            author.username = arr[i].split('@')[0].toLowerCase()
        }
        else if (arr[i].indexOf("adfs") >= 0) {
            author.login = arr[i]
        }
    }
    inputArray.push( author );
}

function grabPerson( author_raw ) {
    var result_container = ''
    var filterArray = []; //for storing the data after the ID separation
    var userinfoArray = []; //for collecting the results of processing this data
    selfToArray( author_raw, filterArray ) //separate ID, keep the rest in the new array
    if (filterArray.length) {
        for (var i = 0; i < (filterArray.length); i++) {
            getAuthor( filterArray[i].data, userinfoArray ) //transform userinfo into array
        }
    }
    if (userinfoArray.length) {
        result_container += '<ul class="persons_container">'
        for (var i = 0; i < (userinfoArray.length); i++) {
            var profilesizing = 0 //could utilize 'i' for gradual size increase/decrease
            var author_location = userinfoArray[i].location || ""
            if (author_location) author_location = " (" + author_location
            var author_name = userinfoArray[i].name + author_location
            if (author_name) {
                var result_person = userTile( userinfoArray[i].email, author_name, "inline", profilesizing, author_location)
                result_container += result_person
            }
        }
        result_container += '<div style="display: block; clear: both;"></div>'
        result_container += '</ul>'
        return result_container //the results are collected and only later added to the DOM, in a single operation.
    }
}