pandoc-citeproc error when processing bib file -- unexpected end of input

pandoc-citeproc error when processing bib file -- unexpected end of input

[Thomas Hayes]

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I am getting an error when trying to convert an md file to an odt. I am 
using pandoc-citeproc, a bibliography file, and a csl. The command and the 
error are as follows:

$ pandoc --filter=pandoc-citeproc --bibliography=bib.bib --csl=sbl.csl --
reference-doc=ref.odt --standalone input.md -o output.odt

Error reading bibliography ./bib.bib (line 902, column 1):
unexpected end of input
expecting "}", "\\" or "{"
Error running filter pandoc-citeproc:
Filter returned error status 1

My bib.bib file ends in this way:

@Article{ young1999,
 author = {Pamela Dickey Young},
 title = {The Fatherhood of God at the Turn of Another Millennium},
 shorttitle = {The Fatherhood of God at the Turn of Another Millennium},
 journal = {Semeia},
 volume = {85},
 pages = {195-202},
 year = 1999,
}


I have tried removing the final blank line from the bib.bib file, so that 
the last line only contains the single character } but I still get the same 
error. 

I have uninstalled and reinstalled pandoc-citeproc, but I still get the 
same error.

How can I fix this error and get pandoc to turn my markdown file into an 
odt with proper citations from my bib file?

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Re: pandoc-citeproc error when processing bib file -- unexpected end of input

[Rik Kabel]

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My guess is that the error is not in the last entry. There can be an 
unmatched open paren or other issue anywhere above it, and the scan 
terminates before finding the close, giving that error.

Check your complete bib file with a bibfile linter. See, for example, 
https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/. 

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Re: pandoc-citeproc error when processing bib file -- unexpected end of input

[Thomas Hayes]

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Thank you. Using https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/ helped me 
isolate the problem. There is a problem with this entry:

@Book{ nidotte2014,
    editor = {Moises Silva},
    title = {The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology and 
Exegesis},
    article = {μένω],
    entry = {μένω],
    address = {Grand Rapids},
    volume = {3},
    publisher = {Zondervan},
    year = 2014,
}

Since https://flamingtempura.github.io/bibtex-tidy/ highlighted the first 
portion of the entry only @Book{ nid, I assumed the problem was in that 
highlighted portion. Was it supposed to be @book{ with no capital letter, 
or something like that? Turns out the highlighting just means there is a 
problem somewhere in this bib entry. 

SOLUTION: I had incorrectly put a square bracket ] to close the two Greek 
entry fields. When I replaced those with the correct curly brackets } the 
problem was resolved. Pandoc now correctly processes my markdown file into 
an odt and gets the citations properly from my bib file.

Thank you.

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