* number of lines ?
@ 2009-01-22 11:02 Alan Stone
2009-01-22 11:22 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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Hi,
Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given portion of
text ?
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Best,
Alan
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 11:02 number of lines ? Alan Stone
@ 2009-01-22 11:22 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2009-01-22 14:39 ` Alan Stone
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alan Stone
<software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given portion of
> text ?
\starttext
\setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\input knuth\par}
\getnoflines\htdp\scratchbox
Your text has \noflines\ lines.
\stoptext
Wolfgang
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 11:22 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2009-01-22 14:39 ` Alan Stone
2009-01-22 14:46 ` Otared Kavian
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alan Stone
> <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given portion
> of
> > text ?
>
> \starttext
>
> \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\input knuth\par}
>
> \getnoflines\htdp\scratchbox
\getnoflines{\htdp\scratchbox} % this works
> Your text has \noflines\ lines.
or: Your text has \noflines lines.
> \stoptext
>
\scratchingmyhair... ;O)
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again>
l
l.7 Your text has \noflines\ l
ines.
Alan
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 14:39 ` Alan Stone
@ 2009-01-22 14:46 ` Otared Kavian
2009-01-22 14:54 ` Alan Stone
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On 22 janv. 09, at 15:39, Alan Stone wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com
> > wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alan Stone
> <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given
> portion of
> > text ?
>
> \starttext
>
> \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\input knuth\par}
>
> \getnoflines\htdp\scratchbox
>
> \getnoflines{\htdp\scratchbox} % this works
>
>
> Your text has \noflines\ lines.
>
> or: Your text has \noflines lines.
Try: Your text has {\the\noflines} lines.
Best regards: OK
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 14:46 ` Otared Kavian
@ 2009-01-22 14:54 ` Alan Stone
2009-01-22 16:20 ` Alan Stone
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>
> Try: Your text has {\the\noflines} lines.
>
Your text has \the\noflines\ lines. % works also
Thanks.
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 14:54 ` Alan Stone
@ 2009-01-22 16:20 ` Alan Stone
2009-01-22 16:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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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.
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 16:20 ` Alan Stone
@ 2009-01-22 16:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2009-01-22 21:23 ` Alan Stone
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From: Wolfgang Schuster @ 2009-01-22 16:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Am 22.01.2009 um 17:20 schrieb Alan Stone:
> 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}]
\thinrules[n=\number\numexpr\noflines-2\relax]
Wolfgang
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 14:46 ` Otared Kavian
2009-01-22 14:54 ` Alan Stone
@ 2009-01-22 18:35 ` Alan Stone
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How do you make the attached example work (see comments at the beginning of
the file) ?
{Thus, I came to the conclusion that the designer of a new system mus\ETC.
! Paragraph ended before \makelines was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.22
?
Alan
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Otared Kavian <otared@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 22 janv. 09, at 15:39, Alan Stone wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
> schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Alan Stone
>> <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Is there a command which returns the number of lines for a given portion
>> of
>> > text ?
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> \setbox\scratchbox\vbox{\input knuth\par}
>>
>> \getnoflines\htdp\scratchbox
>
>
> \getnoflines{\htdp\scratchbox} % this works
>
>
>
>
>> Your text has \noflines\ lines.
>
>
> or: Your text has \noflines lines.
>
>
> Try: Your text has {\the\noflines} lines.
>
>
> Best regards: OK
>
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 18:35 ` Alan Stone
@ 2009-01-22 18:53 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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Am 22.01.2009 um 19:35 schrieb Alan Stone:
> How do you make the attached example work (see comments at the
> beginning of the file) ?
\long\def\makelines#1{%
...}
Wolfgang
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 18:53 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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Thanks a lot Wolfgang the "Wise Wizard of TeX". :O)
Alan
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Am 22.01.2009 um 19:35 schrieb Alan Stone:
>
> How do you make the attached example work (see comments at the beginning
>> of the file) ?
>>
>
> \long\def\makelines#1{%
> ...}
>
>
> Wolfgang
>
>
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 16:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster
@ 2009-01-22 21:23 ` Alan Stone
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Wolfgang Schuster <
schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Am 22.01.2009 um 17:20 schrieb Alan Stone:
>
> 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}]
>>
>
> \thinrules[n=\number\numexpr\noflines-2\relax]
And how do you make a division of \number\numexpr\noflines-2, for ex. by 2 ?
Wolfgang
>
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* Re: number of lines ?
2009-01-22 21:23 ` Alan Stone
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Am 22.01.2009 um 22:23 schrieb Alan Stone:
> And how do you make a division of \number\numexpr\noflines-2, for
> ex. by 2 ?
\numexpr\noflines/2\relax
Wolfgang
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