From: Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Failing \doifemptyelse
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:42:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <062f6513-5075-aa26-0365-61754b673119@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <09a9833f-cc16-2197-cdd7-34eaed96d867@xs4all.nl>
Hans Hagen via ntg-context schrieb am 23.06.2022 um 23:00:
> On 6/23/2022 9:16 PM, Willi Egger via ntg-context wrote:
>> Good evening gurus!
>>
>> Why is the minimal example failing? i.e. executing always the
>> else-branch?
>>
>> \setuppapersize[A6][A6]
>>
>> \setvariables
>> [Test]
>> [Number=]
>>
>>
>> \starttext
>> Value of variable Number before test: \getvariable{Test}{Number}
>> \crlf
>>
>> \doifemptyelse{\getvariable{Test}{Number}}
>> {\dorecurse
>> {5}
>> {TEST}
>> }
>> {Nothing defined \par
>> Contents of variable Number: \getvariable{Test}{Number}
>> }
>>
>> \stoptex
> there's also
>
> \doifelsevariable {Test} {Number}
>
> that can be used
in this case
\doifelseemptyvariable{Test}{Number}{...}{...}
is the better choice
Wolfgang
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-23 19:16 Willi Egger via ntg-context
2022-06-23 19:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
2022-06-23 20:59 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-06-23 21:00 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-06-24 3:42 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context [this message]
2022-06-24 11:59 ` Willi Egger via ntg-context
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