format_citation: Format a citation

In mjwestgate/revtools: Tools to Support Evidence Synthesis

Description

takes an object of class data.frame or bibliography and returns a formatted citation.

Usage

format_citation(data, details = TRUE, abstract = FALSE,
  add_html = FALSE, line_breaks = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

data	An object of class data.frame or bibliography.
details	Logical: Should identifying information such as author names & journal titles be displayed? Defaults to TRUE.
abstract	Logical: Should the abstract be shown (if available)? Defaults to FALSE.
add_html	Logical: Should the journal title be italicized using html codes? Defaults to FALSE.
line_breaks	Either logical, stating whether line breaks should be added, or numeric stating how many characters should separate consecutive line breaks. Defaults to FALSE.
...	any other arguments.

Value

a string of length == length(x), containing formatted citations.

Examples

file_location <- system.file(
  "extdata",
  "avian_ecology_bibliography.ris",
  package = "revtools")
x <- read_bibliography(file_location, return_df = FALSE)
format_citation(x[[1]])
format_citation(as.data.frame(x)[1, ]) # same result

mjwestgate/revtools documentation built on Jan. 11, 2020, 4:45 a.m.