I want to change the default square brackets in the entries of the thebibliography environment to parentheses.
Sample:
% sample.tex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{thebibliography}{99}
\bibitem[Sample]{Sample} Sample.
\end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
The output is:
but I want:
(Sample) Sample
Is it possible to change it in "thebibliography" environment?
Best Answer
For the standard classes you have to change the internal command
\@biblabel
as follows: