Append non-numeric character to all generated citationIDs

Juris-M · Oct 30, 2016 · e5c6ae2 · e5c6ae2
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diff --git a/src/util_integration.js b/src/util_integration.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ CSL.Engine.prototype.setCitationId = function (citation, force) {
         while (true) {
             direction = 0;
             if (!this.registry.citationreg.citationById[id]) {
-                citation.citationID = id.toString(32);
+                // In case the ID is used as an HTML identifier in the
+                // calling application.
+                //   https://github.com/Juris-M/citeproc-js/issues/22
+                citation.citationID = "a" + id.toString(32);
                 break;
             } else if (!direction && id < 50000000000000) {
                 direction = 1;