{calculations} is about calculations in (La)TeX documents. A popular package is calc.
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divide table cells by a certain amount
I made a mistake in the values that i put in the table. I need to divide all the values by 105. Is there a method where i can do it without having to replace this with a completely new table ?
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Counting lines and making calculations
This code snippet provides a way to highlight lines in a listings environment. If you consider the following line, though:
\emphline{1-6} {7} {8-15} {potencia.f95}
You'll notice how the #1 and the ...
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Compute the x distance between two nodes
Is there a way to define a macro which would evaluate to the x part of the distance between two nodes? I know there are the point registers \p and the correspoding \x commands, but I find them rather ...
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Can you add a constant value to a length macro?
I have a box that's the full width of the page. I would like to offset it back into the margin a little, but when I do that it no longer reaches the edge of the page. Is it possible to keep using a ...
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convert outcome of reference to regular number
Is it possible to transform the outcome of a reference (e.g., a line number) to a regular number that I can use in a calculation?
I have this (and works fine):
\FPeval{\result}{clip(5+6)} $\result$
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duodecimal page number
I would like to have page numbers in my document written in base 12. Here's an MWE
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[paperheight=1.8in, textheight=0.8in]{geometry}
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Can't get \fancyheadoffset to work
I have loaded the fancyhdr package and I want to make the headers and footers wider (clamp them to the margin), so I inserted the following line after the package has loaded:
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Project management tables (with cost “spread sheets”) using spreadtab [closed]
I'm trying to create a simple project management table detailing costs per task and milestone, using spreadtab:
The code for the latter is:
\begin{spreadtab}{{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lXllr}}
\toprule
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What is the easiest way to write dimensional expression?
I want to do the following arithmetic:
(x-y)*unit/s where x, y, s are rational constants and unit is in length unit.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calc}
\newlength\unit
\unit=16pt
\def\x{0.5}
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Computing a simple maths calculation and use the result as page numbers in the Table of Contents
Following up this question here, I am looking for a way to compute a simple maths calculation inside the document and let the result of this calculation be the value that appears as page number in the ...
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Extract coordinates from 3D point
How do I extract coordinates from a three-dimensional point defined when using tikz-3dplot? I would like to perform some calculations on these (more specifically a cross-product of two vectors), but ...
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How to use \widthof as parameter to \kern
I sometimes encounter a problem when I attempt to use \widthof from the calc package, and don't know why. In the past I have just worked around it using a two step process of defining a \newdimen{} ...
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Is there a better way to do intersections and calculations with relative coordinates in TikZ?
I've been doing many TikZ diagrams lately and every so often I encounter a situation where I am forced to use some temporary coordinate in a \path. In the following short example, the problem is ...
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calc package incompatible with \setlength in \g@addto@macro?
I want to systematically have some indentation in \parboxes and minipage environments. To do this, I add the following code in the preambule of my LaTeX file:
\makeatletter
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Multiply the value by decimal number in latex?
I used the following construct quite often:
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth/2]{pic.png}
But when I try to adjust the size a small bit, like this:
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth*0.45]{pic.png}
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“Arithmetic overflow” error
factorials up to 12 are handled.How can make it to compute beyond that?
Error: “Arithmetic overflow
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\newcount\n \newcount\p \newcount\m
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Line through two points with offset in TikZ
I could not find a native command in TikZ allowing to draw a line going through two specified points where an offset can be controlled. So far, I'm using the calc extension to perform what I need but ...
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Writing/Modifying Package
There is a package I'm trying to modify that essentially displays a grid. It uses counters to increment the distance. I want to change the distance each step instead of adding a constant value. In ...
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Can't find TikZ library calc
I've been googling for some time now, and can't find the manual for the TikZ library calc. All I see is people using it. Where can I find the manual or some info?
Is it the same as the LaTeX package ...
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How to calculate with metadata in footer
I have footer that draws on a svn version data field (package: svn-multi). I would like to perform a simple calculation that subtracts a number from the reported version.
The footer code is
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Sequent Calculus
What is sequent calculus? See wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequent_calculus
So basicaly I'd like to produce something like this:
Maybe using Tikz?
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Templates for generating timesheets
Are there templates for generating weekly time sheets in LaTeX? Ideally something that would minimize duplicate entries by computing totals and days-of-week.
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Extract first & last characters of macro argument?
In LaTeX, how do I extract/isolate/determine the first and last characters of a macro argument?
Specifically, in the case I'm dealing with, the argument happens to be a base-10 integer (call it N). ...
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How to Intersect an arc with a line without calculating the angle
I'd like to draw an optics-related figure, for which I need to draw several beams with varying opening angles, which will need to be labeled.
What I've come up at the moment (boiled down to a minimal ...
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Multiplying a length by a factor
I am trying to create a package that will use grid typesetting (in the humanities, so not much of a problem) but that should allow the user to freely set the \baselinestretch. I am using the memoir ...
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Calculating checksum
I would like to calculate a checksum in LaTeX. My problem is that I don't know how to get the numeric value of a char.
Here is the pseudo code of the algorithm:
var input = "123456789";
car output = ...
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Add two lengths in raisebox argument, without the calc package
I've seen people use such constructs as \raisebox{-\height+\baselineskip}{...}, which works well using the calcpackage.
What equivalent would you use to achieve the same behaviour without the calc ...
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Coordinates A, B: compute |B-A| and angle between +x and (B-A)
This question has two parts:
why is the angle computed always 0 (should be 45)
what is a straightforward way to compute distance between coordinates (there is How can I compute the distance between ...
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Prevent tikz to calculate
I just played with an answer to a question I asked here some time ago:
Divide a rectangle into n times k equal cells. I wanted to be able to generate the list of points in a separate macro, however ...
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Checking if a number is a multiple of 4
Using etoolbox, ifthen, or another form of conditional checking, how can I check if a value is a multiple of 4? E.g. if the number is 4, 8, 12, 16, etc., then it returns "true".
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How can I compute the distance between two coordinates in TikZ?
Given two points (defined, for instance using nodes), I want to compute the distance between them.
Is there some build in functionality in tikz to do this?
If not, how can it be done using the ...
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How can I calculate the difference of 2 counters (pageref)?
How can I calculate the difference between 2 counters (like page numbers), so that pdfLateX outputs "3" in the last line of my example?
and how could I calculate the difference between the "current" ...
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Calculating percentage
I have tried to use the calc package to write a macro which prints a percentage based on two numbers. E.g.: \printpercent{100}{200} should display 50% as 100 is the half-way point of 200. I have tried ...
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Why don't modern TeX variants support floating point?
I understand that, at the time when TeX was devised, no single standard for floating-point calculations was available. But these days, there's IEEE 754. Why doesn't any TeX variant support it?
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Anomalies and a question regarding a line-filling rule
I've created a command for filling a line with a black rectangle. It's called \fullrule, you can find it in the code below.
I have several questions regarding this MWE:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
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Parse simple arithmetics and return the result
I want a command \ca which takes a simple arithmetic calculation as an argument and returns the result with proper decimal places. Additionally I want an boolean argument which decides if only the ...
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Using command to compute sum?
I must admit this sounds like an easy question.
I'm creating a grading model for a homework assignment, and I'm adding the maximum amount of points to each question. Is there a way to have LaTeX ...
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How do I calculate n modulo 3 in LaTeX?
I don't want to display the modulo symbol, I want to programmatically calculate n modulo 3 and display the result.
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How to fit a large figure to page [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best figure size adjustment when dealing with different image sizes
Given: a large figure, whose height:width ratio is unknown.
Todo: Include this fig in LaTeX, such ...
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How to enable use of minus and plus in tex documents?
I see many cls files using plus and minus operators to set lengths. How can I use these operators (or some equivalent macro(s)) to do something like the following?
\setlength{\lengtha}{.5\textwidth}
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Problems with TikZ calculations
When can I use functions and do calculations in TikZ?
How do I make this work:
\draw (0,0) arc(0:90:sqrt(15)); %not ok
why is this working:
\draw (0,0) arc(0:asin(1):5); %ok
with ...
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Is plotting exponential graphs a known source of bugs in TikZ?
I want to plot $y = 2^x$ over a small domain. Unfortunately, even though tikz (v 2.1) seems to be able to calculate 2^{negative numbers} it is not plotting them correctly.
My minimal example is:
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Insert relative date and time specifications?
How can I specify a relative date and let LaTeX insert the resulting absolute one?
For example like this:
\somedatecommand{next thursday}
Which should result in:
Thursday, 20.10.2011
Or:
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Calculating the the exact width of the text and a lettrine
This is one question which technically could be broken into two minor questions.
I am using a lettrine and some verse text, but the calculation to determine how much to indent the text does not ...
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How can I sum two values and store the result in other variable?
In LaTeX2e,how can I sum two values and assign them to other variable?
I want to compute something like:
var=\textwidth - 1cm
And if both were constants:
var=1+1
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Convert hour to decimal number
I'm trying to make a command for converting an hour (ex: "14:17") to a decimal value (hour + min/60 = 14.28333333333) for use in a TikZ schedule :
\creneau[day=1, start=13.5, ...
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How can I show base-2 long division?
I am writing a report in Latex and need to represent the CRC computation. So basically, I need to show the Paper-n-Pencil Method of Long Division in LaTeX.
Any idea how I can approach this problem ? ...
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How should I express my length calculation to minimize rounding errors?
I have an input file as follows.
% Test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pstricks}
\psset
{
linewidth=0.01
}
\newcommand\All{0.1}
\newcommand\Left{-\All}
\newcommand\Right{\All}
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Is there a simpler way to do arithmetic in PSTricks?
I want to animate PSTricks diagram, so looping is intensively used. I have 3 global variables \START, \STOP, \DELTA that should be declared in the preamble. The remaining variables in the body will ...
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What is the TeX equivalent for the following C# nested loop?
I need a nested loop to animate PSTricks diagrams. In C# or C or C++, I usually write as follows.
int N=6;
for(int x=0; x<N; x++)
for(int y=x+1; y<N; y++)
Console.WriteLine("({0}, ...
