From: "Bart C. Wise" <bart@wiseguysweb.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Numbers in Tables
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:33:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801300733.16569.bart@wiseguysweb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47A07064.2070807@gmx.net>
Peter,
Thanks for you input. It works great and it would have take me forever to
figure that one out!
Thanks,
Bart
On Wednesday January 30 2008, Peter Rolf wrote:
> Bart Wise schrieb:
> > The code below defines a number and then on each row, displays then
> > increments the number. The number is defined and reset to 0 before the
> > table is declared. However, when the number is displayed in the table,
> > it's not zero as expected, but some other number (usually between 3 and
> > 9). The reset at reset point #1 does reset the number to 0, but it
> > doesn't stay that way when the table is declared. The only thing I have
> > found to work, is to define a row and column and put the reset there (see
> > reset point #2).
> >
> > I would like to declare and reset the number outside of the table
> > definition, but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong?
>
> the table is passed several times to get the size maxima, etc.
> your number is also incremented in every pass (how many passes?). ;)
>
> use something like this to take care of trial typesetting:
>
>
> \definenumber[MyNum]
>
> \def\IncrTABLEnum[#1]%
> {\iftrialtypesetting
> \hbox{00}% allocate some space in the first pass
> \else
> \getnumber[#1]\incrementnumber[#1]%
> \fi}
>
> \starttext
>
> \resetnumber[MyNum] % reset point #1
> \bTABLE
> % \bTR\bTD \resetnumber[MyNum] \eTD\eTR % reset point #2
> \bTR\bTD \IncrTABLEnum[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> \bTR\bTD \IncrTABLEnum[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> \bTR\bTD \IncrTABLEnum[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> \bTR\bTD \IncrTABLEnum[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> \eTABLE
>
> \stoptext
>
>
> best, peter
>
> > \definenumber[MyNum]
> >
> > \starttext
> > \resetnumber[MyNum] % reset point #1
> > \bTABLE
> > % \bTR\bTD \resetnumber[MyNum] \eTD\eTR % reset point #2
> > \bTR\bTD \getnumber[MyNum]\incrementnumber[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> > \bTR\bTD \getnumber[MyNum]\incrementnumber[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> > \bTR\bTD \getnumber[MyNum]\incrementnumber[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> > \bTR\bTD \getnumber[MyNum]\incrementnumber[MyNum] \eTD\eTR
> > \eTABLE
> > \stoptext
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2008-01-29 19:12 Bart Wise
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2008-01-30 14:33 ` Bart C. Wise [this message]
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