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BibLaTeX/BibTeX .bib file parser

Source: R/ReadBib.R
ReadBib.Rd

Parser for bibliography databases in the bib format containing either BibLaTeX or BibTeX entries.

Usage

ReadBib(
  file,
  .Encoding = "UTF-8",
  header = if (length(preamble)) paste(preamble, sep = "\n") else "",
  footer = "",
  check = BibOptions()$check.entries
)

Arguments

file

string; bib file to parse.

.Encoding

encoding

header

header of the citation list. By default this is made from the Preamble entries found in the bib file.

footer

footer of the citation list.

check

“error”, “warn”, or logical FALSE. What action should be taken if an entry is missing required fields? FALSE means no checking is done, “warn” means entry is added with an error. “error” means the entry will not be added. See BibOptions.

Note

Date fields are parsed using the locale specified by Sys.getlocale("LC_TIME"). To read a bib file with character ‘month’ fields in a language other than the current locale, Sys.setlocale should be used to change ‘LC_TIME’` to match the bib file before calling ReadBib.

Keys will be made unique by calling make.unique with sep = ":".

See also

read.bib in package bibtex

Author

McLean, M. W., based on code in bibtex package by Francois, R.

Examples

bib.text <- "@Manual{mclean2014,
  author = {Mathew William McLean},
  title = {Straightforward Bibliography Management in R Using the RefManager Package},
  note = {arXiv: 1403.2036 [cs.DL]},
  year = {2014},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2036},
}"
tfile <- tempfile(fileext = ".bib")
writeLines(bib.text, tfile)
ReadBib(tfile)
#> [1] M. W. McLean. _Straightforward Bibliography Management in R Using
#> the RefManager Package_. arXiv: 1403.2036 [cs.DL]. 2014.
#> <https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2036>.
unlink(tfile)
if (FALSE) {
    file.name <- system.file("Bib", "RJC.bib", package="RefManageR")
    bib <- ReadBib(file.name)
}