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## Fetch pubmed ids matching specially formatted citation strings

### Description

Fetch pubmed ids matching specially formatted citation strings

### Usage

    entrez_citmatch(bdata, db = "pubmed", retmode = "xml", config = NULL)

### Arguments

`bdata` | character, containing citation data. Each citation must be represented in a pipe-delimited format journal_title|year|volume|first_page|author_name|your_key| The final field "your_key" is arbitrary, and can used as you see fit. Fields can be left empty, but be sure to keep 6 pipes.
`db` | character, the database to search. Defaults to pubmed, the only database currently available
`retmode` | character, file format to retrieve. Defaults to xml, as per the API documentation, though note the API only returns plain text
`config` | vector configuration options passed to httr::GET

### Value

A character vector containing PMIDs

### See Also

`config` for available configs

### Examples

    ex_cites <- c("proc natl acad sci u s a|1991|88|3248|mann bj|test1|",
                  "science|1987|235|182|palmenberg ac|test2|")
    entrez_citmatch(ex_cites)

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