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doul
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Biblatex Undefined control sequence \ifprefchar

Post by doul »

Please, I am using MastersDoctoralThesis Template
I added more articles within the example.bib file and when compiling, this is the error message I receive.

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  "! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> ...ibnameprefix {d.}\isdot \ifprefchar
{} {} {\ifuseprefix {\bibn...
l.375 \printbibliography[heading=bibintoc]"

The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
misspelled it (e.g., `\hobx'), type `I' and the correct
spelling (e.g., `I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue,
and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.
Please help!
Last edited by Stefan Kottwitz on Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:32 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Johannes_B
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Re: Undefined control sequence

Post by Johannes_B »

You have an outdated version of biblatex, just do an update.
The smart way: Calm down and take a deep breath, read posts and provided links attentively, try to understand and ask if necessary.
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