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Setting an “attribute” for Theorem to be accessed later
I am writing a math paper with a large number of theorems. I'm looking to have a table summarizing my results, and I'd love it if the table could be generated automatically from my paper. I' looking ...
4
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1answer
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LaTeX not recognizing \end found in a \newcommand
I'm trying to both start and end a table with \newcommand. I'd like to switch to using \EndTableSetupFourColumns (as it removes several warnings and is easier to understand for other readers) but for ...
3
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2answers
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Increasing the length between rows in a table
I have defined a new command to increase the length between rows in a table:
\newcommand{\ra}[1]{\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{#1}}
For example
\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}
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6
votes
2answers
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Complex parsing of arguments in new environments
I am trying to build an invoice generation system in LaTeX which will be easy and maintainable. Right now we are using longtable and a preprocessing layer. I would like to change this to a .sty and ...
5
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2answers
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How to use variables inside a command when generating a table?
I'm not sure about the question, since I do not really understand why it fails.
I tend to use commands to generate my tables, and when I use the #1 style of accessing the arguments it works. But now ...
2
votes
1answer
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Tables as commands
I have to do a little work but I have to use frequently the same settings for a table and I put the following code
\newcommand{\tab41}[4]{\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|l||c|l||c|l||c|l|}
\hline
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1
vote
1answer
64 views
Command for table with label
How can I create a command for a 2 tables with a label on top and a command for the options below? example of what i am saying is:
3
votes
1answer
74 views
spreadtab out of memory using STCopy and macro
The following code fills a table using \STCopy. It generates an 'out of save size error'e [MiKTeX 2.9].
If I make the table smaller (by commenting a row out) or remove the max call (and use only the ...
8
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2answers
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Accessing values from tables via “grid search”
I am trying to achieve the following: I want to access a number from a table in the main text and make some calculations with it. For example, if there is a value 1.85 in the table I want to store it ...
3
votes
1answer
176 views
Automatic break line after multicolumn
Is there a way to put \\ after multicolumn automatically, each time it appears in the code? Pseudocode would look like this:
\newcommand{\commandThatAddsBreaklines}
if(thereIsAMulticolumn == true)
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12
votes
2answers
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A macro to typeset a difficult table
The following table was created with the following LaTeX-code (mwe):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabu}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\newtabulinestyle{stip=on 1.5pt off 2pt}
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3
votes
1answer
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Macro to outline a cell in pgfplotstable
Still struggling with the \expandafter and \noexpand tex macros.
I'm trying to put a table together using pgfplotstable.
In this case the code is something like
\documentclass{article}
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8
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2answers
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Misplaced \omit. \multispan with \newcommand
I'm trying to build my own cookbook-style, which has an ingredient makro. Sometimes the ingredients should be seperated and have a headline, so I tryed with an optional argument. A minumum example ...
9
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2answers
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Multicolumn within a newcommand error
I am new to writing packages and am coming across an error that I can't unravel, I would appreciate any help that you can provide. I am writing a few macros which are meant to be used within a tabular ...
4
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2answers
109 views
How can I define a macro that adds a row to a table that has not yet been printed?
I want to generate a list of technical abbreviations and acronyms that I use. Currently, I'm defining all acronyms with a macro I have designed. Now, I want the macro to call another macro, called ...
11
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3answers
681 views
Reusing LaTeX code to achieve a consistent layout
What is the best approach to reusing the same layout for numerous tables, paragraphs etc. which share the same structure but different content? Is the best method to use custom commands/macros?
4
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2answers
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how to redefine the `\\` in a tabular environment?
I want to redefine the tabular environment, such that each for example
\begin{tabular}{c|c}
AAA&BBB\\
CCC&DDD\\
\end{tabular}
would produce (for example)
AAA,BBB;CCC,DDD;
Question 1 In ...
4
votes
1answer
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Safeguard an environment against tabular mode
The semantics of a given environment require that it is typeset inside a minipage if it is used inside a tabular. If I add the minipage declaration for a positive check for "internal" mode in the ...
4
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2answers
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Passing multiple arguments from ProcessList (xparse) to a macro. Result to be used in tabular
I am making a macro that will take user input of a grading scheme and place it into a tabular environment. I would like the syntax to be as simple as possible and decided on:
\tabulate{ eval1,%1 ; ...
1
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0answers
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How to print the newline character “\\” from a macro so that it is recognized as newline in tabular [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to programmatically make tabular rows using \\whiledo ?
I have a problem that may have an interesting answer. I am writing a macro whose output I would like to be a ...
0
votes
1answer
143 views
erraneous text in a LaTeX tabular array created using custom macros
I have a tabular array that is based on David Carlisle's answer to
Generating LaTeX tabular code during compilation. I have modified the code so that columns and rows are defined in different ...
8
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2answers
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Execute non-expandable code inside a tabular environment
As there is no Expandable version of \InputIfFileExists or \IfFileExists, the question arises whether it is possible to execute non-expandable code in a tabular environment after all:
File main.tex:
...
0
votes
2answers
416 views
How to create a new command with variable numbers of arguments
I am creating one command to define a functional requirement and many non functional requeriment in a table. I wrote the following code:
\newcounter{Number}
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3
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1answer
230 views
How to create groups of table rows with alternating colors?
Problem. When coloring a table, using different colors for even / odd rows is quite usual and can be accomplished with the xcolor package. I, however, don't want to have alternating colors per row, ...
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2answers
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How to create new table environment
I am working on a book that has many many such tables. Is there a way to create shortcut for the code shown below. I want to make table caption a variable, because in the MWE shown below except ...
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vote
1answer
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What is the best way to setup this statblock as a macro?
I'd like to get a macro setup for this statblock format. Basically, I will be converting an XML document containing the data for the instances within the document.
This is a sample of the format I am ...
7
votes
1answer
303 views
Execute token after \halign
I like to create a macro which processes a following brace group as "argument" using \halign. After it has been processed a token (a macro) should be executed. With an \hbox I can use ...
3
votes
1answer
947 views
tabular inside a newcommand [closed]
I'm trying to define a \newcommand that has a tabular in it, but I get an:
! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in restricted horizontal mode.
Here's an example:
\newcommand{\Mytest}{1}{
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2
votes
1answer
496 views
Macro for tabbing with complex line breaks (or similar environment)
I have a complicated transcription with mid-line aligned text. I've been using tabbing to do it automatically, but it obviously doesn't do line breaks.
I want to write a macro (unless something ...
2
votes
2answers
172 views
Macro behaviour different inside tabular environment
I have a lot of problems lately with macros expanding (or not expanding) at unexpected times, so thought I was having a related problem here. But, in this case, things are working as I want outside of ...
6
votes
1answer
336 views
Custom macro for multicolumn with & without xparse
The following example has two normal LaTeX \newcommand macros and two xparse \NewDocumentCommand for specifying multicolumn text. The only difference between each pair of commands is one has the ...
6
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2answers
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Convert macro with one argument to switch
With the package array, I want to define a new column type for my tables with the command
\newcolumntype{U}{>{\switchon}{l}<{\switchoff}}
However, the command I’d like to use is not a switch ...
14
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5answers
681 views
How to apply a macro to each column of a table
I want to apply a macro to all the cells of a column with the cell content as the input to the macro. Is this possible?
For example if the cell contents have the word TEST, the macro should take TEST ...
9
votes
6answers
564 views
How do I expand a macro into a tabular head?
I would like to be able to define a macro that can be used in the tabular definition. How can I do this?
This does not work:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\gdef\buildtabularhead{|||}
...
8
votes
1answer
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LaTeX template for use cases
Currently I am trying to create a template in LaTeX for my team members in order to create a set of use cases. I thought of using tabular to create something like the picture below 2 (without colors). ...
2
votes
3answers
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Can LaTeX perform simple math operations? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I automatically calculate sums in a LaTeX table?
Can LaTeX do simple math?
I have a table with two columns and want to automatically add a third column which ...
2
votes
2answers
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Can this command be converted to environment?
I have a command as follows:
\newcommand{\Comment}[1]{&&\tabularnewline\hline}
And now I want to convert it to be an environment as follows:
\newsavebox{\tempDescription}
...
6
votes
1answer
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How to display some text based on a condition inside a tabular environment?
I defined a variable \@afwezig that holds people that were not present at a certain meeting.
\long\def\@afwezig{}
\def\afwezig#1{\def\@afwezig{#1}}
Now I want to make the header of the meeting ...
7
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4answers
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Use column-separator & (ampersand) inside \newenvironment
I'd like to define a grammar environment which basically wraps a tabular environment. Inside the grammar environment I'd like to use an environment called production to insert rows. Example:
...
12
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3answers
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Problem with redefining Tabular environment with the \renewenvironment command
In a book I'm typesetting, I want the tabular environment to be in footnote size and the other body of the book to be in normalsize font. To do this, I've tried something like the following:
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