Comments on: LaTeX programming: how to implement conditionals

By: Joost

Joost — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:20:48 +0000

Really helpful, thank you. However I was having issues with the scopes of the variables. In a command, setting a conditions-variable will only take effect in that scope, not outside. It was quite hard to find the solution to this, however it is really easy:

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\newif\ifismonday\ismondaytrue
\newcommand{\whatever}{
\global\ismondayfalse % Set \ifismonday to false, in the global scope
}
\whatever
% \ifismonday has properly been set tot false, even outside the command

By: isilanes

isilanes — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:45:17 +0000

Thanks AprilCoolsDay!

It is comments like yours that add real value to a blog.

By: AprilCoolsDay

AprilCoolsDay — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:25:37 +0000

For people who prefer latex-like coding instead of tex-like coding, ifthen package is there.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\newboolean{sunday}
\setboolean{sunday}{true}
\begin{document}
\ifthenelse {\boolean{sunday}}
{This is sunday} {this is no sunday}
\end{document}

By: christopherolah

christopherolah — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:48:54 +0000

Just left this reply at your old blog… now I’m leaving it here

As you said, floating points are difficult to handle in LaTeX. Thankfully, there are packages that make it easy: fltpoint – The package provides simple floating point operations can be found a long with other packages useful for LaTeX programing in the CTAN calculating section.

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