Is there a way for a macro to check the previous value of #1, the last time that same macro was called?
Here is a minimum working example, pretending that `\previousvalue` is equal to #1 from the last time the same macro was called: \define[1]\mymacro{ \if\previousvalue=#1 same as last time \else it is different from last time \fi } \starttext \mymacro{cat} \mymacro{cat} \mymacro{mouse} \mymacro{mouse} \mymacro{cat} \stoptext This would print: it is different from last time <--it was never called previously same as last time it is different from last time same as last time it is different from last time --Joel
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