On Thursday 11 December 2008 08:10:38 am Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Am Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:21:56 -0700 schrieb Bart C. Wise:
> > 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
> > }
>
> No, the \repeat take the place of the \fi. Also you should always end
> numbers with a space or a \relax to avoid trouble due to tex trying to
> expand the following commands in search for more numbers.
>
> \newcount\startcnt
> \newcount\tempcnta
>
> \def\myloop#1{%
> \tempcnta=\the\startcnt\relax%
> \loop
> \the\tempcnta,
> \advance \tempcnta by 1
> \ifnum\tempcnta<#1
> \repeat
> }
>
> \myloop{10}
Excellent. Thanks Ulrike. This fixes the original problem!
Bart
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