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Siedlerchr authored Nov 11, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _Strings_ are the _BibTeX_ equivalent to constants in a programming language. Ea

For instance, if many entries are from a journal with an abbreviation that may be hard to remember, such as 'J. Theor. Biol.' \(Journal of Theoretical Biology\), a string named JTB could be defined to represent the journal's name. Instead of repeating the exact journal name in each entry, the characters '\#JTB\#' \(without quotes\) are put into the _journal_ field of each, ensuring the journal name is written identically each time.

A string reference can appear anywhere in a field, always by enclosing the string's name in a pair of '\#' characters. This syntax is specific for JabRef, and differs slightly from the _BibTeX_ notation that is produced when you save your database. Strings can by default be used for all standard BibTeX fields, and in **Options → Preferences → File** you can opt to enable strings for non-standard fields as well. In the latter case you can specify a set of fields that are excepted from string resolving, and here it is recommended to include the 'url' field and other fields that may need to contain the '\#' character and that may be processed by BibTeX/LaTeX.
A string reference can appear anywhere in a field, always by enclosing the string's name in a pair of '\#' characters. This syntax is specific for JabRef, and differs slightly from the _BibTeX_ notation that is produced when you save your database. Strings can only be used for the fields defined under in **Options → Preferences → Entry**. You can add any other fields that may need to contain the '\#' character and that may be processed by BibTeX/LaTeX.

A string may in the same way be referred in the content of another string, provided the referred string is defined _before_ the referring one.

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