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Update Different Fields of Multiple Entries of a BibEntry Object

Source: R/BibEntryReplaceOp.R
subset-.BibEntry.Rd

Assign new values for specified fields in a BibEntry object using a named character vector or list of named character vectors.

Usage

# S3 method for BibEntry
[(x, i, j, ...) <- value

Arguments

x

- a BibEntry object.

i

- see [.BibEntry

j

- see [.BibEntry

...

- see [.BibEntry

value

- values to be assigned to x. To update one entry only, should be a named character vector with names corresponding to fields. To update multiple entries, should be a list of named character vectors. Can also be an object of class BibEntry.

Value

an object of class BibEntry.

Details

Date and name list fields should be in the format expected by Biblatex (see BibEntry).

To clear a field ‘field_name’ from an entry use field_name = "".

See also

Other operators: $.BibEntry(), $<-.BibEntry(), +.BibEntry(), [.BibEntry(), [[.BibEntry(), [[<-.BibEntry(), c.BibEntry()

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)
bib <- ReadBib(tfile)
bib[1] <- list(c(date = "2014-03", key = "mwm2014"))
#> Error in eval(kal): object '*tmp*' not found
bib
#> [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)
    print(bib[seq_len(3L)], .opts = list(sorting = "none", bib.style = "alphabetic"))
    ## add month to Serban et al., add URL and urldate to Jennings et al., and
    ##   add DOI and correct journal to Garcia et al.
    bib[seq_len(3L)] <- list(c(date="2013-12"),
                            c(url="https://bsb.eurasipjournals.com/content/2013/1/13",
                              urldate = "2014-02-02"),
                            c(doi="10.1093/bioinformatics/btt608",
                              journal = "Bioinformatics"))
    print(bib[seq_len(3L)], .opts = list(sorting = "none", bib.style = "alphabetic"))
    bib2 <- bib[seq_len(3L)]
    bib2[2:3] <- bib[5:6]
    bib2
    bib2[3] <- c(journal='', eprinttype = "arxiv", eprint = "1308.5427",
      eprintclass = "math.ST", pubstate = "submitted", bibtype = "misc")
    bib2
}