Hi Bart On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Bart C. Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I run the code below (via minimals), I get the following error, why? > > enter loop > > ! Extra \else. > > \@@plniterate ...\expandafter \@@plniterate \else > > \fi > > \myloop ...by 1 \ifnum \tempcnta >#1\else \repeat
I think the loop structure should be: \loop ... \if... ... \repeat > > \fi \message {exit} > > l.16 \myloop{2008} > > Code: > > \newcount\startcnt > > \newcount\tempcnta > > \def\myloop#1{% > > \message{enter} > > \tempcnta=\the\startcnt% > > \loop > > \message{loop} > > \advance \tempcnta by 1 > > \ifnum\tempcnta>#1\else \repeat\fi > > \message{exit} > > } > > \starttext > > \startcnt=1800 > > \myloop{2008} > > \stoptext > > Thanks, > > Bart > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > -- Best Regards Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zhi-chu Chen | Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility No. 2019 | Jialuo Rd. | Jiading | Shanghai | P.R. China tel: 086 21 5955 3405 | zhichu.chen.googlepages.com | www.sinap.ac.cn ---------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________