How to implement the bibtex @string in hayagriva yaml?

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I want to convert individual bibtex entries to hayagriva by hand.

In my bibtex file have

@string{ACMTM = "ACM Trans. Math. Software"}

and later

@article{ANDERSEN:96:H,

 author       = "K. D. Andersen",
 title        = "{A Modified Schur Complement Method for Handling
                  Dense Columns in Interior-Point Methods for Linear
                  Programming}",
 journal      = ACMTM,
 volume       = 22,
 number       = 3,
 pages        = "348--356",
 year         = 1996
}

Note ACTMM is a macro I can use in multiple places, which helps me be consistent.

Can I have macros in hayagriva? Or what do you suggest?

Erling

PS. I tried to convert my 25 year old bibtex file with hayagriva with zero success. So I gave up on that.

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Hello @Erling_D_Andersen,

You can achieve this using YAML anchors. Here is a MWE:

#let bib = bytes(
  ```yaml

  constants:
    type: misc
    title: &var-title The Constant Title

  a:
    type: book
    title: *var-title
  ```.text,
)

@a
#bibliography(bib)
Solution for your case: 
#let bib = bytes(
  ```yaml

  constants:
    type: book
    title: &var-title The Constant Title
    journal: &ACMTM ACM Trans. Math. Software

  a:
    type: book
    title: *var-title

  ANDERSEN:96:H:
    type: Article
    author: K. D. Andersen
    title: "A Modified Schur Complement Method for Handling Dense Columns in Interior-Point Methods for Linear Programming"
    journal: *ACMTM
    volume: 22
    issue: 3
    page-range: 348-356
    date: 1996
  ```.text,
)

#yaml(bib).at("ANDERSEN:96:H").journal

@ANDERSEN:96:H
#bibliography(bib)

Could I please ask you to edit the title of your post for it to conform to our guidelines:

Also if you could surround your code with backticks, as in ``` code here ``` or

```
code here
```

This way, it is easier for everyone to read your code and to copy and paste it in their editor ;)

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I have modified the question title.

So the anchor stuff is not a feature of Hayagriva but of the YAML specification. That is why I could not find anything about it in the Hayagriva documentation.

4

Thank you for that, if you could also please edit your post and add the backticks ` to format the code you provided. You will notice when you don’t, some characters (like the double quotes) won’t appear properly.

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Welcome to the forum :nerd_face: