[<-.BibEntry: Update Different Fields of Multiple Entries of a BibEntry Object

Description

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

Value

an object of class BibEntry.

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.

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 = "".

Examples

Run this code

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"))
bib
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
}