BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Extract Information from BibTeX Database File

[giladrv]

Hello,

I want to extract, say, the 'pages' field of an '@article' from a BibTeX file, without having to write it explicitly in the TeX file.
Let me illustrate what I mean with an example- Suppose refs.bib contains:

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@article{Rubin1970,
	author	= "Rubin, Vera C and Ford, W Kent Jr.",
	title		= "Rotation of the Andromeda Nebula from a Spectroscopic Survey of Emission Regions",
	journal	= "The Astrophysical Journal",
	volume	= "159",
	pages		= "379-403",
	year		= "1970",
	month		= "February"
}

and my .tex file looks something like
... as demonstrated in (\cite{Rubin1970}, pages [color=#FF0000]\getpages[/color]{Rubin1970})...
where the command \getpages represent the one I'm looking for, which should produce the output:

... as demonstrated in (1, pages 379-403)...

Is it possible to do something like that?
Thanks,
Gilad.

[localghost]

With an appropriate bibliogrpahy style the pages should be displayed in the bibliography. Hence an addition to the \cite (← Link!) command should not be necessary.

The \cite command accepts an optional argument where you could add the pages.

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\cite[p. 379-403]{Rubin1970}

The final output certainly depends on the chosen citation style. Due to missing information it's hard to say something specific.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten