number of lines ?

number of lines ?

[Alan Stone]

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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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Alan

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Re: number of lines ?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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 ?

[Alan Stone]

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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 ?

[Otared Kavian]

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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 ?

[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 ?

[Alan Stone]

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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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Alan

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Re: number of lines ?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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 ?

[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 ?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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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Re: number of lines ?

[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 ?

[Wolfgang Schuster]

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 ?

[Alan Stone]

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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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