Re: modes questions

["Alan Stone" <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>]

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On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> Alan Stone wrote:
> > Are such macros possible ?
> >
> > modes: ma, mb, ... mz
> > values: va, vb, ... vz
> > command: cmd
> > parameter: p
> >
> > (1) instead of
> >
> > \doifmode{ma}{\cmd[name][va]}
> > \doifmode{mb}{\cmd[name][vb]}
> > ....
> > \doifmode{mz}{\cmd[name][vz]}
> >
> > a macro which does: \doifmode{m*}{\cmd[name][v*]}
> >
> > (2) instead of
> >
> > \doifmode{ma}{\cmd[p=va]}
> > \doifmode{mb}{\cmd[p=vb]}
> > ....
> > \doifmode{mz}{\cmd[p=vz]}
> >
> > a macro which does: \doifmode{m*}{\cmd[p=v*]}
>
> nl, because there is no knowledge of what modes are set (i could cook
> something up for mkiv or course)
>
>

Is there something like, or the equivalent of, one/two dimensional arrays in
(Con)TeXt ?

array1={ma, mb, ... mz}
array2={va, vb, ... vz}

or

array{{ma,va}, {mb,vb} ... {mz,vz}}

-- 
Best,
Alan

* texmfstart texexec --lua foo
* ConTeXt  ver: 2008.09.16 19:49 MKIV fmt: 2008.9.20  int: english/english
* Windows XP Home SP3

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