# Function normaliseMepIdTokens

- normaliseMepIdTokens(id: string): string[]
  `Internal`

  Strip the `person/` prefix and surrounding whitespace from a MEP identifier.

  The EP API returns MEP ids in several forms (`person/124936`, `124936`, `MEP-124936`). We normalise to the bare numeric token plus the original string so substring matches against author fields succeed regardless of the representation chosen by a given endpoint.

  #### Parameters

  - id: string

  #### Returns string[]

  - Defined in utils/effectivenessAggregator.ts:96