How do I cite range of references?

Asked Mar 22 '13 at 13:16

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I have to cite in LaTeX a range of sources (I'm using Miktex 2.9, TexnicCenter and Bibtex), all together.

If I write

... in 1990 \cite{ref1,ref2,ref3,ref4,ref5}

I would like to get

"... in 1990 [1-5]",

but actually I get

"... in 1990 [1,2,3,4,5]".

Any suggestion? Thank you

asked Mar 22 '13 at 13:16

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Add to the preamble \usepackage{cite}. – Gonzalo Medina Mar 22 '13 at 13:17
The tags you used suggest that you use biblatex. In this case you could use one of the styles anding on -comp, which should do what you want. Ideally you would post a minimal working example (MWE) which would make it much easier to help you. – Benedikt Bauer Mar 22 '13 at 13:22
@GonzaloMedina: If - as the biblatex tag suggests - Paolo is using biblatex then the cite package will not be compatible and he should use the correct style e.g. numeric-comp. – Ulrike Fischer Mar 22 '13 at 13:23
@UlrikeFischer you're right. I didn't notice the tag; I just read the question body. I'll clarify this. – Gonzalo Medina Mar 22 '13 at 13:27
@Paolo Minotti my suggestion about the cite package is valid only if you are not using biblatex. Otherwise, see Ulrike's comment. – Gonzalo Medina Mar 22 '13 at 13:28

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