In my bibliography, the volume number and issue number is currently printed as "volume.issue"
I want to change that to "volume(issue)", e.g., "35(5)".
Would this be something to do with \renewbibmacro?
[Tex/LaTex] Enclosing issue number in parentheses
biblatexpunctuation
Related Solutions
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}
\renewbibmacro*{publisher+location+date}{%
\printtext[parens]{% ADDED
\printlist{location}%
\iflistundef{publisher}
{\setunit*{\addcomma\space}}
{\setunit*{\addcolon\space}}%
\printlist{publisher}%
\setunit*{\addcomma\space}%
\usebibmacro{date}%
}\nopunct% ADDED
\newunit}
\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
\printfield{volume}%
% \setunit*{\adddot}% DELETED
\setunit*{\addcolon}% ADDED
\printfield{number}%
\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
\printfield{eid}}
\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\nocite{knuth:ct:a,shore}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
Here is a solution, if I've well understood what you want:
\documentclass[12pt,twoside,a4paper, french]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@article{test,
author = {Author},
title = {Title},
journaltitle = {Journal},
year = 2015,
issue = 2,
volume = 167,
pages = {67--88}}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[autostyle=true]{csquotes}
\usepackage[style=verbose,
hyperref,
backend=biber,
date=year]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
\DefineBibliographyExtras{french}{\def\bibrangedash{ à~}}
%
\renewbibmacro*{journal+issuetitle}{%
\usebibmacro{journal}%
\setunit*{\addspace}%
\iffieldundef{series}
{}
{\newunit
\printfield{series}%
\setunit{\addspace}}%
\usebibmacro{issue+date}%
\setunit{\addspace}%
\usebibmacro{volume+number+eid}%
\setunit{\addcolon\space}%
\usebibmacro{issue}%
\newunit}
\renewbibmacro*{issue+date}{%
\iffieldundef{issue}
{\usebibmacro{date}}
{\usebibmacro{date}%
\setunit*{\addslash}
\printfield{issue}%%
}%
\newunit}
\renewbibmacro*{volume+number+eid}{%
\printtext[parens]{%
\printfield{volume}%
\setunit*{\adddot}%
\printfield{number}%
\setunit{\addcomma\space}%
\printfield{eid}}}
\begin{document}
\cite{test}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
Best Answer
Yes -- but one can also use
\xpatchbibmacro(from thexpatchpackage) for partial redefinitions.Shameless plug: Guidelines for customizing biblatex styles