LaTeX forum ⇒ BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ How to insert a hyphen or dash in first name in .bib Topic is solved

[Vahid]

I have the following entry in my .bib file

@article{Cho2010,
  author  			= "Y. C. Cho and S. Lee and M. Ajmal and W.- K. Kim and C. R. Cho and S.-Y. Jeong and J. H. Park and S. E. Park and S. Park and H.-K. Pak and H. C. Kim",
  title				= "Copper Better than Silver: Electrical Resistivity of the Grain-Free Single-Crystal Copper Wire",
  journal			= "Cryst. Growth Des.",
  volume			= "10",
  pages			= "2780-2784",
  year			= "2010"
} 

The output is

[10] Y.C. Cho, S. Lee, M. Ajmal, W.K. Kim, C.R. Cho, S.Y. Jeong, J.H. Park, S.E. Park, S. Park, H.K. Pak, H.C. Kim, Copper better than silver: Electrical resistiv- ity of the grain-free single-crystal copper wire. Cryst. Growth Des. 10, 2780–2784 (2010)

I am using the following packages required by the MRS Communications:

\usepackage{graphicx}%
\usepackage{multirow}%
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts}%
\usepackage{amsthm}%
\usepackage{mathrsfs}%
\usepackage[title]{appendix}%
\usepackage{xcolor}%
\usepackage{textcomp}%
\usepackage{manyfoot}%
\usepackage{booktabs}%
\usepackage{algorithm}%
\usepackage{algorithmicx}%
\usepackage{algpseudocode}%
\usepackage{listings}%

I have tried W.{-} K. Kim but Latex still ignores the dash. I would like the output to be W.-K. Kim not W. K. Kim.

Thank you,
Vahid

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Vahid,

welcome to the forum!

When I use a hyphen, it is correctly displayed in the bibliography. Perhaps show your code (reduced but compilable, as a minimal working example), so we can test and fix it.

Stefan

[Vahid]

Hi Stefan,

Attached please see a minimum example with all the files created. The .pdf file shows no dash in the references. I am using TexShop Version 5.27 on Mac.

Thanks,
Vahid

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Vahid,

very good example to test! It works if you protect the name by enclosing it within braces, such as {M. -W. Oh}.

Stefan

[Vahid]

Hi Stefan,

You are right. Your suggestion works on my end as well.

Thank you,
Vahid

[jiyahana]

The issue is resolved by enclosing the name in braces, like {M. -W. Oh}. This ensures that LaTeX correctly interprets the hyphen or dash. Glad the suggestion worked