From: Sietse Brouwer <sbbrouwer@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: test for (negative) number
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:11:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF=dkzyRJ1vx4gDssXGKbvkGW=7Df2tzLYc_V7L=ZvOjBFXBSQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50325F28.6060102@gmx.net>
Hi Peter,
I recommend using the following handy little idiom:
\ctxlua{commands.doifelse(-45 > 0)}{big}{small} % small
It lets you do all sorts of things that are tricky in TeX:
\ctxlua{ commands.doifelse( string.len( "-45" ) > 5 ) }{long}{short}
Cheers,
Sietse
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-20 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-20 16:00 Peter Rolf
2012-08-20 18:11 ` Sietse Brouwer [this message]
2012-08-21 6:32 ` Procházka Lukáš
2012-08-21 6:56 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-08-21 9:24 ` Peter Rolf
2012-08-21 15:13 ` Procházka Lukáš
2012-08-21 16:42 ` Hans Hagen
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