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ISI import failure related to String index out of range: -1 #3669

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elizagrames
opened on Jan 27, 2018

JabRef version 4.1 on Ubuntu 17.04 (and also the latest master build) fails to import ISI files (saved as .txt) if the field PS has no hyphen in it. Examples to repeat the issue are below. The error is "String index out of range: -1".

Will import:

PT J
DT Article
TI Example title.
PS 201-
BP 201
EP 299
LA English
AB Example abstract text.
ER

EF

Will not import:

PT J
DT Article
TI Example title.
PS 201
BP 201
EP 299
LA English
AB Example abstract text.
ER

EF

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