On 12/16/2014 09:50 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 12/16/2014 6:51 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> I have the following sample: >> >> \def\SystemUser{whoami} >> \def\CheckUser{\processaction[\SystemUser][whoami=>whm]} >> >> \starttext >> >> \doifelse{\CheckUser}{whm}{This is the right user.} >> {This is the wrong user.} >> >> \doifelse{\SystemUser}{whoami}{This is the right user.} >> {This is the wrong user.} >> >> \SystemUser\ is \CheckUser >> >> \stoptext >> >> Why doesn’t the first \doifelse work? What am I missing there? > > because \processaction is not a fully expandable command
Many thanks for your reply, Hans. Is there no other way to get the text value (so that it could be compared with \doif) from a command that assigns values using \processaction? Many thanks for your help, Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________