On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Alan Stone
<software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>wrote:

> Try: Your text has {\the\noflines} lines.
>>
>
> Your text has \the\noflines\ lines.  % works also
>
> Thanks.


How do you substract/add a number from/to \noflines ?

I tried

\thinrules[n=\advance\the\noflines by -2]
\thinrules[n=\advance\noflines by -2]
\thinrules[n={\advance\the\noflines by -2}]
\thinrules[n={\advance\noflines by -2}]

neither works.

-- 
Best,
Alan

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