BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ Parentheses around the Year in Bibliography List

[jsrichter]

Hi,

I'm writing my thesis with an old and modified bibliography style originating in "alpha.bst". I have been altering the file for some university-requirements but I don't seem to be able to add parentheses around the year in the bibliography list. I have been looking for help on other forums but haven't been successful.

I'm new to the language used in BibTeX, so I don't quite understand the code. There is no Function {format.date} in my file, all changes cited in other forums have referred to this.

I was wondering if maybe a change can to be made in the individual functions? - Such as:

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FUNCTION {article}
{ output.bibitem
  list.label.output
  "  " list.year * output.nonnull
  author "author" item.check
  title.field field.used =
    { skip$ }
    { format.title "title"  output.check } 
  if$
  crossref missing$
    { journal emphasize "journal" duplicate$ item.check
      " " * format.vol.num.pages * output
    }
    { format.article.crossref output.nonnull
      format.pages output
    }
  if$
  new.block
  note output
  fin.entry
  write.url
}

I have found an instruction for example to bolden the year in Ki-Joo Kim's "guide via examples", can this be done in similar fashion to add parentheses?

Thanks you so much for your help!
S.R.

[josephwright]

Does changing the line

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"  " list.year * output.nonnull

to

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"  (" list.year * ")" * output.nonnull

help? (It's a bit hard to be sure of the desired result from the fragment, but I think this should be OK.)

[jsrichter]

Wow, this was perfect. Thank you very much for your help, I'm saved!
S.R.