How to test suffix field with the IF informed when inserting citation (UniFAE)

marciohsilva

I need to test the suffix informed to launch the author to change the formatting of the citation.
Situation:
If I put the suffix "."
Like this: (JOE, 1990, p. 23).
If the suffix is ​​different of "." Should look like:
Joe (1990, p. 23)
I tried, but failed:

<citation et-al-min="3" et-al-use-first="1" et-al-subsequent-min="3" et-al-subsequent-use-first="1" collapse="year">
<sort>
<key macro="author"/>
<key variable="issued"/>
</sort>
<if suffix=".">
<layout delimiter="; ">
<group delimiter=" ">
<text macro="author-short"/>
<group prefix="(" suffix=")" delimiter="; ">
<text macro="issued-year"/>
<text macro="citation-locator"/>
</group>
</group>
</layout>
</if>
<else>
<layout prefix="(" suffix=")" delimiter="; ">
<group>
<text suffix=", " macro="author-short"/>
<text macro="issued-year"/>
<text prefix=", " macro="citation-locator"/>
</group>
</layout>
</else>
</citation>

Help-me please!

fbennett

Your code sample is not valid. You can read about validation here:

https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Validation

In any case, what you are trying to do there is not possible in CSL.

adamsmith

you can't test for whether there is a suffix or the content of a suffix.
The word processor plugins for Zotero and Mendeley (as well as the syntax for pandoc/citeproc-hs) have an option to suppress the author to get Joe (1990, p. 23) (typing Joe into the word processor)

marciohsilva

I get it. Thank you!
I'll think of another solution.