On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:45:02AM -0800, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> where I need
>
> 1. test 1
> (a) ans 1
> (b) ans 2
> (c) ans 3
> (d) ans 4
> (e) ans 5
> (ab) ans 6
> (ac) ans 7
> ...
> (bc) ---
> (bd) ---
> ...
> (cd) ---
> (ce) ---
> ...
> (abc) ---
> (abd) ---
> etc.
Perhaps you want something like this (in the preamble):
\def\myalph#1{\expandafter\@myalph\csname c@#1\endcsname}
\def\@myalph#1{%
\ifcase#1\or a\or b\or c\or d\or e\or ab\or ac\or ad\or ae\or
...
\else\@ctrerr\fi}
\renewcommand\labelenumii{(\myalph{enumii})}