Hi Bart,
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Bart C. Wise
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If I change the loop to be the following, I still get the same error:
>
> \def\myloop#1{%
> \tempcnta=\the\startcnt%
> \loop
> \advance \tempcnta by 1
> \if\tempcnta=#1\else \repeat\fi
> }
>
> Bart
>
No, you should define like:
\def\myloop#1{%
\tempcnta=\the\startcnt%
\loop
\advance \tempcnta by 1
\if\tempcnta<#1\repeat
}
No \else before \repeat in this case and no \fi outside the loop.
Taking a look at the definition, you could find the following
code (something like that, I can't remember clearly):
\def\loop#1\repeat{\def\body{#1}\iterate}
\def\iterate{something to do with \body}
You can see there should not be an extra \else in the \body, and
you don't need the \fi to enclose it.
I don't know whether I've made my point clear.
--
Best Regards
Chen
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