Alphabetize Authors

This script helps alphabetize a list of authors in LaTeX by last name (useful for large author lists in collaborations).

Assumes that the last name is preceded by '~' or whitespace. It should correctly join any number of affiliation lines to the preceding author.

Usage:

python alphabetize_authors.py input_filename [-o output_filename]

Authors:

• Samuel Yee
• Erin Kado-Fong