Thanks for all the answers so far. The 'doifelse' should do the trick. I was hoping for a system macro, but if there is none, I have to program it myself. :-)
Peter Am 21.08.2012 08:56, schrieb Wolfgang Schuster: > > Am 21.08.2012 um 08:32 schrieb Procházka Lukáš <l...@pontex.cz>: > >> >> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:11:32 +0200, Sietse Brouwer <sbbrou...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 >> >> ... Has been wikified - >> >> "http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Command/doif…" > > For functions in the commands namespace you can write e.g. > \ctxcommand{doifelse(…)}{…}{…} instead of \ctxlua{commands.doifelse(…)}{…}{…}. > > Wolfgang > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the > Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________