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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 16-2-21 on page II-485 in "biblatex's approach to number-only references".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
% Use biber program
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[natbib,minnames=2,maxnames=2]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{tlc.bib}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\textcite{Knuth:TB10-1-31} \\
\parencite[see also][2-4]{LGC97} \\
\citet{LGC97} \\
\citet*{LGC97} \\
\citep[see][35-44]{LGC97} \\
\citeauthor{LGC97} \\
\citeauthor*{LGC97}
\end{document}