The SetAuthor command sets the author information. Each author is represented by a table with keys firstname and surname in the list author.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{eBookTools}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{book}≔\mathrm{NewBook}\left(''ProgrammingGuide''\,''Maple\; Programming\; Guide''\,''Maplesoft,\; a\; division\; of\; Waterloo\; Maple\; Inc.''\,''2011''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{authors}≔\left[\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''L.''\,''surname''=''Bernardin''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''P.''\,''surname''=''Chin''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''P.''\,''surname''=''DeMarco''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''K.\; O.''\,''surname''=''Geddes''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''D.\; E.\; G.''\,''surname''=''Hare''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''K.\; M.''\,''surname''=''Heal''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''G.''\,''surname''=''Labahn''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''J.\; P.''\,''surname''=''May''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''J.''\,''surname''=''McCarron''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''M.\; B.''\,''surname''=''Monagan''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''D.''\,''surname''=''Ohashi''\right]\right)\,\mathrm{table}\left(\left[''firstname''=''S.\; M.''\,''surname''=''Vorkoetter''\right]\right)\right]\:$

$\mathrm{SetAuthor}\left(\mathrm{book}\,\mathrm{authors}\right)\:$

The eBookTools[SetAuthor] command was introduced in Maple 16.

For more information on Maple 16 changes, see Updates in Maple 16.