Citation Key: how is 'type' function used

[slhenty]

I'm not seeing an example of how the type function is used to '...skip to the next pattern.' Anyone have an example of such usage?

[retorquere]

You can do something like type(book,bookSection) + veryshorttitle + year | auth + year which will use veryshorttitle + year for books and bookSections, and auth + year for anything else.