Is there a way to implement a if-condition depending on the presence of a prefix/suffix?

pureimagination

I want to implement that if there is suffix inserted via the word plugin, the numeric citation should be bracketed.

E.g. [2] with suffix="see also"

should be displayed as

(see also [2])

adamsmith

No.

pureimagination

Hm ok, that's too bad. Because this means that if one uses suffixes in citations, one cannot switch between numeric and author-year without effort. Those brackets had to be removed or added if one changes the citation form.

e.g. in numeric its (see also [3]) but I have to insert the brackets manually in word. if I switch to author-year this would look like ((author, year)) instead of (author, year)