Hans van der Meer wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2006, at 22:27, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>   
>> Hans van der Meer wrote:
>>     
>>> I want to do something with & in tables (making it an active column
>>> separator).
>>> Now I have a macro with two arguments for parameters in Context  
>>> style:
>>>
>>> \def\starttablex{\dodoubleargument\dostarttablex}
>>> \def\dostarttablex[#1][#2]{%
>>>
>>> Now for input:�\starttable[][] & ... all is well,
>>> but for input: \starttable[]� �& ... the ampersand appears to  
>>> be eaten
>>> up by the double argument expansion.
>>>       
>
>   
>> starttable or starttablex
>>     
>
> Sorry, but I am missing your point here.
> Does your answer imply that I cannot work with a [][]-parameterlist?
> That would be problematic because I am using your getparameters-thing  
> extensively.
> Or do you mean something else that will stop the parameter gathering  
> at the & ?
>   
no, it's just that your definition defines *x and that you use * ; it' 
shard to see what goes wrong with an uncomplete example;
in normal cases arg grabbing should work ok

Hans
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