From: Willi Egger via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Willi Egger <context@boede.nl>
Subject: Re: Failing \doifemptyelse
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:59:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BCEA95FE-0A39-40B7-B48C-7A02D277E69E@boede.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <062f6513-5075-aa26-0365-61754b673119@gmail.com>
Hans, Wolfgang!
Thank you so much for your instructions! — This expansion thing is something I will probably never master ;-(
Thank you!
Kind regards
Willi
> On 24 Jun 2022, at 05:42, Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>
> Hans Hagen via ntg-context schrieb am 23.06.2022 um 23:00:
>> On 6/23/2022 9:16 PM, Willi Egger via ntg-context wrote:
>>> Good evening gurus!
>>>
>>> Why is the minimal example failing? i.e. executing always the else-branch?
>>>
>>> \setuppapersize[A6][A6]
>>>
>>> \setvariables
>>> [Test]
>>> [Number=]
>>>
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> Value of variable Number before test: \getvariable{Test}{Number} \crlf
>>>
>>> \doifemptyelse{\getvariable{Test}{Number}}
>>> {\dorecurse
>>> {5}
>>> {TEST}
>>> }
>>> {Nothing defined \par
>>> Contents of variable Number: \getvariable{Test}{Number}
>>> }
>>>
>>> \stoptex
>> there's also
>>
>> \doifelsevariable {Test} {Number}
>>
>> that can be used
>
> in this case
>
> \doifelseemptyvariable{Test}{Number}{...}{...}
>
> is the better choice
>
> Wolfgang
>
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-23 19:16 Willi Egger via ntg-context
2022-06-23 19:54 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
2022-06-23 20:59 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-06-23 21:00 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-06-24 3:42 ` Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context
2022-06-24 11:59 ` Willi Egger via ntg-context [this message]
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