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I have a macro accepting several optional arguments in a comma separated list. I would like to assign a value containing a comma to a particular argument. Is there a way to "escape" this particular comma so that it will not be interpreted as the beginning of a new argument.

Here is an except of what I would like to achieve:

\begin{mymacro}[arg1=a,b,arg2=c]
% ...
\end{mymacro}

I would like to set arg1 to a,b and not, of course, seeing this interpreted as "arg1=a and b".

Thanks!

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    [arg1={a,b},arg2=c]
    – Qrrbrbirlbel
    Sep 10, 2012 at 17:20
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    From the xkeyval package documentation (p 9): "When you want to use commas or equality signs in the value of a key, surround the value by braces, as shown in the example: \setkeys[my]{familya}{keya={some=text,other=text}}"
    – Werner ♦
    Sep 10, 2012 at 17:27

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Well I guess that was a trivial question...

The answer is:

[arg1={a,b},arg2=c]

@Qrrbrbirlbel: thanks.

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