# Boucle multido error while compiling to transform qcm A4pages into A5

Could somebody help me to find where the error is with "Missing number, treated as zero " in the code below please???

    \documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[final]{pdfpages}
\usepackage{multido}

% m page's number for each student (ici 7 pages by student)
% n total number of student
% p = n*m total number for all student equal to n*m

\newcounter{m}
\setcounter{m}{7}
\newcounter{n}
\setcounter{n}{5}
\begin{document}
\multido{\i=0+1}{n}{
\includepdf[pages={1-(m-2)},nup=1x2,landscape,signature=36]{DOC-sujet.pdf}
\includepdf[pages={(m-1)-m},nup=1x2,landscape,signature=4]{DOC-sujet.pdf}

}
\end{document}

• I think someone has to flag the question for help of an italic speaker (But I don't really know if we have to flag or just wait for someone to edit). tex.meta.stackexchange.com/a/693/120578. @Kofi if you can speak some English please edit your question yourself – koleygr Dec 12 '17 at 12:28
• @koleygr Why do you think than all Italian speakers know French? – marmot Dec 12 '17 at 12:29
• – Johannes_B Dec 12 '17 at 13:02
• Sorry that you don't speak french. I have add in the end that I am need help to compile my file in latex. When doing it I have got an error "missing number, treated as zero .Could somebody help me to find where the error is with "Missing number, treated as zero " in the code below please??? – Kofi Wolali Azoumah Sparkofgod Dec 12 '17 at 14:16
• Another Crosspost – Johannes_B Dec 12 '17 at 18:29

Use multido for all counters:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article} \usepackage[final]{pdfpages}
\usepackage{multido}   % m nombre de page par étudiant(ici 7 pages par étudiant)
% n nombre total d'étudiant
% p = n*m  nombre total de page du document
% m=7

\begin{document}
\multido{\iM=7+7,\im=5+7,\iN=6+7}{5}{%
\includepdf[pages={1-\im},
nup=1x2,landscape,signature=36]{DOC-sujet.pdf}
\includepdf[pages={\iN-\iM},
nup=1x2,landscape,signature=4]{DOC-sujet.pdf}
}
\end{document}

• Can I understund why you have chang m into iM and n into iN and so on? – Kofi Wolali Azoumah Sparkofgod Dec 12 '17 at 14:18
• i is for integer, that's all. Easier to remember – Herbert Dec 12 '17 at 14:24
• With my code here are the error I ve got: Missing number, treated as zero } – Kofi Wolali Azoumah Sparkofgod Dec 12 '17 at 14:36
• Your example or my example? – Herbert Dec 12 '17 at 15:03
• With mine! With your' s I have many error that I can't handle...because I don't understand very well what you are doing.. – Kofi Wolali Azoumah Sparkofgod Dec 12 '17 at 15:17