* \write \getvariable and expansion
@ 2006-11-18 2:47 Aditya Mahajan
2006-11-19 9:39 ` Taco Hoekwater
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-11-18 2:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
Can someone explain what should be the correct order of expansion
here. I want to enter the date entered as a variable to a file.
\setvariables
[test]
[date={d=11,m=11,y=2006}]
\starttext
The date entered was \expanded{\date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}.
\immediate\openout \scratchwrite test-001
\immediate\write \scratchwrite {The date entered was}
% None of these work.
% \immediate\write \scratchwrite {\expanded{\date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}}
% \expanded{\immediate\write \scratchwrite \date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}}
\immediate\closeout\scratchwrite
\stoptext
Thanks,
Aditya
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2006-11-18 2:47 \write \getvariable and expansion Aditya Mahajan
@ 2006-11-19 9:39 ` Taco Hoekwater
2006-11-19 17:44 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Taco Hoekwater @ 2006-11-19 9:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can someone explain what should be the correct order of expansion
> here. I want to enter the date entered as a variable to a file.
>
> \setvariables
> [test]
> [date={d=11,m=11,y=2006}]
>
> \starttext
>
> The date entered was \expanded{\date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}.
>
> \immediate\openout \scratchwrite test-001
> \immediate\write \scratchwrite {The date entered was}
> % None of these work.
The best you can get is:
\immediate\write\scratchwrite{\noexpand\date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}
(The variable is expanded, but \date is not)
Greetings, Taco
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2006-11-19 9:39 ` Taco Hoekwater
@ 2006-11-19 17:44 ` Aditya Mahajan
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From: Aditya Mahajan @ 2006-11-19 17:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Aditya Mahajan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can someone explain what should be the correct order of expansion
>> here. I want to enter the date entered as a variable to a file.
>>
>> \setvariables
>> [test]
>> [date={d=11,m=11,y=2006}]
>>
>> \starttext
>>
>> The date entered was \expanded{\date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}.
>>
>> \immediate\openout \scratchwrite test-001
>> \immediate\write \scratchwrite {The date entered was}
>> % None of these work.
>
> The best you can get is:
>
> \immediate\write\scratchwrite{\noexpand\date[\getvariable{test}{date}]}
>
> (The variable is expanded, but \date is not)
Thanks for the hint. Fortunately, I just needed the date in the format
[year,/,mm,/,dd], so I can do something like
\expanded{\setvariables[test:date][\getvariable{test}{date}]}
\immediate\openout \scratchwrite test-001
\immediate\write \scratchwrite {The date entered was}
\immediate\write \scratchwrite
{\getvariable{test:date}{y}/\getvariable{test:date}{m}/\getvariable{test:date}{d}}
\closeout\scratchwrite
Aditya
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