[Tex/LaTex] Biblatex ieee incorrect display of volume and issue number

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When compiling a tex file including references (by Texstudio editor and Miktex distribution) using biblatex with bibtex backend and ieee style, the results of the displayed references in the output pdf is messed up at the "volume" and "issue number" entries as follows:

  1. The volume label "vol." is missing (Ref. 1 & 2 in the given example below).
  2. The numeric issue number "3" is missing (Ref. 1 in the given example).
  3. The issue number label "no." is displayed although NO input entry was being given (Ref. 2 in the given example).

If it helps, this behavior was noticed after the recent update of Miktex on March 11, 2017, including biblatex-ieee package (ver. 1.2a 2017-03-02). As before which, everything was going fine!

So is this issue noticed by someone else? Is there any idea about the reason of such strange act by biblatex?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{reference.bib}
    @article{author1,
        author  = "George Green",
        title   = "Basic latex",
        year    = "2000",
        journal = "Sharelatex Journal",
        volume  = "10",
        number  = "3",
        pages   = "100--101"
    }
    @article{author2,
        author  = "Carol White",
        title   = "Basic studio",
        year    = "2010",
        journal = "Club Journal",
        volume  = "20",
        pages   = "200--201"
    }
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex, style=ieee]{biblatex} 
\addbibresource{reference.bib}
\begin{document}
    Hi there! \\
    Ref 1 Green \cite{author1}. \\
    Ref 2 White \cite{author2}.
    \printbibliography 
\end{document}

The output is as follows:
with

Best Answer

In version 1.2a biblatex-ieee's a line in the macro volume+number+eid erroneously read \bibstring{number} instead of \printfield{number}. The correct definition is

\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
  \printfield{volume}%
  \newunit
  \printfield{number}%
  \newunit
  \printfield{eid}%
}

which you can just put into your preamble.

You also need

\DeclareFieldFormat[article,periodical]{volume}{\bibstring{jourvol}\addnbspace#1}

for the 'vol.' before the volume.

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