Passing multiple arguments to an \ifthenelse routine

Question

I have recently discovered LaTeX, trying to experiment wiht it to prepare a complicated industrial document (laboratory test instructions). A typical set of instructions contains a long sequence of standard tests (each identified by a numbering system). Since some tests are repeated a number of times in a test sequence, I have created a system shown in the attached sample, where a single instruction such as \TestDetails{107} calls the necessary instructions for test 107. However none of the routines describing the tests have arguments. I am now facing the problem to introduce options in some of the tests (ie test 107 is to be performed in condition A at some point of the sequence, and condition B at another point, which would require changes in the instructions..) Is this possible with the ifthenelse option taken? if not, what would be the recommended approach?

\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{report} % Mode production
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % UTF-8 encoding for code editing
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Usual fonts
\usepackage{ifthen} % Use of logic tests
%----------------------------------------------
\newcommand{\SandAndDust}[0]{%
Some text for sand and dust test.
} %

\newcommand{\VoltageProof}[0]{%
Some text for voltage proof text.
} %

\newcommand{\TestDetails}[1]{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{100}}{\SandAndDust}{}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{107}}{\VoltageProof}{}%
}%

\begin{document}

\TestDetails{100}

\TestDetails{107}

\end{document}

Answer 1

You can work with LaTeX3. There you can use the function \prg_case_int:nnn which also allows computing.

\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{report} % Mode production
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % UTF-8 encoding for code editing
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Usual fonts
\newcommand{\SandAndDust}[0]{%
Some text for sand and dust test.
} %

\newcommand{\VoltageProof}[0]{%
Some text for voltage proof text.
} %


\usepackage{xparse,expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand { \TestDetails } { m }
 {
  \prg_case_int:nnn {#1}
   {
    {100} { \SandAndDust }
    {107} { \VoltageProof }
   }
   {
    not~in~list
   }
 }
\begin{document}
\TestDetails{100}\par
\TestDetails{107}\par
\TestDetails{100+7}\par
\TestDetails{103}
\end{document}

Answer 2

\documentclass{report}
\newcommand\SandAndDust{Some text for sand and dust test.} 
\newcommand\VoltageProof{Some text for voltage proof text.} 
\newcommand\TestDetails[1]{%
  \ifnum100=#1 \SandAndDust\else\ifnum107=#1 \VoltageProof
  \else Something else\fi\fi}%

\begin{document}
\TestDetails{100}

\TestDetails{107}

\TestDetails{1}
\end{document}

Answer 3

If I understand your requirement correctly I think you only need a slight change in what you have, something like the following produces

Some text for sand and dust test.

Some text for voltage proof text.

Some text for voltage proof text in Condition A.

Some text for voltage proof text  in Condition B.

modified example:

\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{report} % Mode production
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % UTF-8 encoding for code editing
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Usual fonts
\usepackage{ifthen} % Use of logic tests
%----------------------------------------------
\newcommand{\SandAndDust}[0]{%
Some text for sand and dust test.
}

\newcommand{\VoltageProof}[1][]{%
Some text for voltage proof text%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{}}{}{ in Condition #1}.}


\newcommand{\TestDetails}[2][]{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{100}}{\SandAndDust}{}%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#2}{107}}{\VoltageProof[#1]}{}%
}

\begin{document}

\TestDetails{100}

\TestDetails{107}

\TestDetails[A]{107}

\TestDetails[B]{107}

\end{document}