Draw a Clock using tkz-euclide

Question

I am trying to make a clock with the tkz-euclide package using a for loop. I have tried to get it to work but it keeps giving me errors. Here is my MWE

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
%\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \def \radius{5cm}
    \def \n{12}
    \tkzDefPoint(0,0){O}
    \tkzDrawCircle[R](O,\radius)
  %  \tkzDefPoint(90-360/12:5){B}
  %  \tkzDefPoint(90-360/12:4){C}
  %  \tkzDrawSegment(B,C)
  %  \tkzLabelPoint[below](C){1}
  %  \tkzDrawPoint(B)
  \foreach \i in {1,...,\n}
  {
  \tkzDefPoint(90-1*(360/\n):\radius){t_\i}
  \tkzDrawPoint(t_\i)
  }
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

It seems to be having problems understanding the angle in the \tkzDefPoint command. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The error you get is ! FP error: Illegal character c found in float number!.. The c in question is that in 5cm. Looks like you need a unitless number here, so remove cm from the definition of \n. You need to add it back in \tkzDrawCircle though.

And of course you want to multiply by \i not 1 in the loop.

\documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
\usepackage{tkz-euclide}
%\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \def \radius{5}
    \def \n{12}
    \tkzDefPoint(0,0){O}
    \tkzDrawCircle[R](O,\radius cm)
  %  \tkzDefPoint(90-360/12:5){B}
  %  \tkzDefPoint(90-360/12:4){C}
  %  \tkzDrawSegment(B,C)
  %  \tkzLabelPoint[below](C){1}
  %  \tkzDrawPoint(B)
  \foreach \i in {1,...,\n}
  {
  \tkzDefPoint(90-\i*360/\n:\radius){t_\i}
  \tkzDrawPoint(t_\i)
  }
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}