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bibtex (version 0.2-0)

read.bib: bibtex parser

Description

parser for bibliography databases written in the bib format

Usage

read.bib(file = findBibFile(package), 
	package = "bibtex", 
	encoding = "unknown", 
	header = if( length(preamble) ) paste( preamble, sep = "" ) else "", 
	footer = "" )
file{
bib file to parse. By default, the file REFERENCES.bib in the 
root directory of the package given by the package argument is used. 
}
package{
package from which we want to read the bibliography. Only used if file
is unspecified. 
  	  
Core R packages (base, datasets, graphics, grDevices, methods, stats, 
stats4, tools and utils) are treated specially: this package contains bibtex
entries for these packages.
}
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
}
A citationList object, similar to those made by the
citation function.
Nelson H. F. Beebe. bibparse 1.04. 1999. http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe
[object Object]
The parser is greatly inspired from the bibparse library.
citation
# this package has a a REFERENCES.bib file
bib <- read.bib( package = "bibtex" )

# bibtex collects bibtex entries for R core packages base.bib <- read.bib( package = "base" )

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