On Thursday 11 December 2008 08:28:40 am Zhichu Chen wrote:
> Hi Bart,
>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Bart C. Wise
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Chen,
> >
> > Thanks. That makes sense now. However, when I take your code and run
> > it, it only goes through 1 iteration of the loop and exits. I'm puzzled.
> >
> > Bart
>
> Really? 'cause when I run the following code
> ===============================
> \newcount\startcnt
>
> \newcount\tempcnta
>
> \def\myloop#1{%
> \message{enter}
> \tempcnta=\the\startcnt%
> \loop
> \message{loop}
> \advance \tempcnta by 1
> \ifnum\tempcnta<#1 \repeat
> \message{exit}}
>
> \starttext
>
> \startcnt=1800
>
> \myloop{2008}
>
> \stoptext
> ===============================
>
> I got
>
> ===============================
> systems : begin file test2 at line 14
> enter loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop
> loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop loop exit
> systems : end file test2 at line 20
> )
> ===============================
>
> which infers it works for me.
>
> Anyway, I recommand you take the advanced interface as Hans has suggested.
> It's easier to use, makes more sense and is more ConTeXt-like.
Chen,
Just to make sure I wasn't going too insane, I took your code and ran it. It
worked. The difference is that in the previous email you sent, you had the
code like this:
\if\tempcnta<#1\repeat
instead of this newer one:
\ifnum\tempcnta<#1\repeat
That's why it didn't work.
Thanks to all!
Bart
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