Remove comma from moderncv's \cventry

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This image shows the excerpt of a CV produced with the moderncv document class:

Notice that after the bold text there is a comma. This seems to be produced automatically. How can I stop this?

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score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '12 at 04:53

The entry you're showing is produce with \cventry, so we want to change the definition of this macro. It is defined in moderncvstyleclassic.sty. All I did is copy it into my preamble verbatim and remove the undesired comma. (In the MWE, I actually copied the line and commented out the original, to make the change recognizable.

\documentclass{moderncv}
\moderncvstyle{casual}
%%%
% the following definition is from the file moderncvstyleclassic.sty
\renewcommand*{\cventry}[7][.25em]{%
  \cvitem[#1]{#2}{%
    {\bfseries#3}%
%   \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{, {\slshape#4}}% I changed this line (with comma) ...
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{ {\slshape#4}}% ... into this one (without comma).
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{, #5}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{, #6}%
    .\strut%
    \ifx&#7&%
      \else{\newline{}\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\small#7\end{minipage}}\fi}}
%%%
\firstname{John}
\familyname{Doe}
\begin{document}
\section{Education}
\cventry{December 2012}{Master of Science in Chocolatology}{University of Candyland}{Sugartown}{A+ with Golden Gummy Bear}{I am the chocolate-man.} 
\end{document}

output

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

13

instead of redefining the whole command yourself also consider using xpatch:

\usepackage{xpatch}

\xpatchcmd\cventry{,}{}{}{}

this line replaces the first occurence in the macro text of , by the empty string - i.e. removes it.

Here is also a nice documentation of how the command works.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Aug 10 '15 at 20:02

IARI

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How do i remove comma from all macros? – mahfuj asif Dec 04 '21 at 06:46

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '18 at 12:16

Obvious comment, but in case you want to be able to switch between having and not having the comma, you can define a new command \cventrynocomma like this:

\newcommand*{\cventrynocomma}[7][.25em]{%
  \cvitem[#1]{#2}{%
    {\bfseries#3}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{ {\slshape#4}}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{ #5}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{ #6}%
    \strut%
    \ifx&#7&%
      \else{\newline{}\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\small#7\end{minipage}}\fi}}

This worked brilliantly for me! Thank you! – NLing Dec 14 '20 at 09:32 — NLing, Dec 14 '20 at 09:32

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 29 '17 at 11:08

0

From the file moderncvstyleclassic.sty, remove the comma and dot like following:

\renewcommand*{\cventry}[7][.25em]{%
  \cvitem[#1]{#2}{%
    {\bfseries#3}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#4}{}}{}{ {\slshape#4}}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#5}{}}{}{ #5}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#6}{}}{}{ #6}%
    \strut%
    \ifx&#7&%
      \else{\newline{}\begin{minipage}[t]{\linewidth}\small#7\end{minipage}}\fi}}

It will remove the auto generated commas and dot from the \cventry.

answered Sep 29 '17 at 11:08

Rubaiyat Jahan Mumu

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You should not change files you don't own. – Johannes_B Sep 29 '17 at 11:17
Can I say it "customization"? Otherwise, how can I use it? Most of the files we use are written by someone else. @Johannes-b – Rubaiyat Jahan Mumu Sep 29 '17 at 14:34
Copy rge relevant code to your preamble. – Johannes_B Sep 29 '17 at 15:00
Just to clarify for future readers, the reason "You should not change files you don't own" is that, with the next update to the package, your changes would be overwritten. By copying the relevant code to your preamble and editing it there, your document will look the same before and after the package update. – thymaro Nov 11 '18 at 12:27

Remove comma from moderncv's \cventry

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