Add Text after citation, without comma

Question

I am relatively new to latex and just learned that there is a natbib package.

Im trying to add a citation with Text behind it: I know \cite[Text]{key} exists. But that produces: [Key, Text] in my case.

Is there a way to add text behind the citation without using the comma? I'm trying to reference the same source but with different numbers: [ITI-16], [ITI-42], while enclosed in brackets.

I think I need to adjust the settings like answered here Citation with some text inside square brackets. If thats true, please explain how I should move forward in my case.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

Since you're employing the natbib citation management package, I suggest you use

\setcitestyle{notesep={-}}

to set the desired connector. (The default is \setcitestyle{notesep={, }}.) See section 2.9 of the user guide of the natbib package for more information about the \setcitestyle macro.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\setcitestyle{notesep={-}} % <-- new
\bibliographystyle{geralpha}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}

\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{mybib.bib}
@misc{iti,
  author = "Iti",
  title  = "Thoughts",
  year   = 2001,
}
\end{filecontents}

\begin{document}
\cite[16]{iti}, \cite[42]{iti}
\bibliography{mybib}
\end{document}