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### Why is the ifthen package obsolete?

In the LaTeX companion, the authors recommend to use the package ifthen for complex conditional. But in his answer to LaTeX conditional expression Will Robertson doesn't mention it, and in the ...
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### Drawing concentric circles with alternating colors by means of \foreach in TikZ

I would like to draw concentric circles like these: by means of TikZ and \foreach command. The way I achieved it is very elementary (and burdensome): \documentclass[standalone] \usepackage{...
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### On a conditional command: more powerful than \ifnum

According to the TEX in a Nutshell, Petr Olšák, page 16/29, we get: \ifnum ⟨number 1⟩ ⟨relation⟩ ⟨number 2⟩ . The ⟨relation⟩ could be < or = or >. It returns true if the comparison of the two ...
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### Having trouble with TikZ — For Loop and Conditionals

Essentially what I am trying to achieve is a grid of 12 circles with three rows and four columns. All I would like is for the two middle columns to be red while the other two columns are black. Here ...
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### \ifthenelse do nothing

I want to define a table as command. Some lines schould only be printed, if there is a value for it. Because of that I am using the \ifthenelse command. Example: \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{|l|X|} ...
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### combining ifthen with FPeval - problem

if i use \FPeval{\one}{\csname test1\endcsname} everything is fine. If i use \FPeval{\one}{\csname test1\endcsname+\csname test2\endcsname} in \ifthenelse, then i get en error. \...
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### LaTeX or statements

I need to test if one of multiple is defined. I know this command: \ifIsDefined{\MYVAR}{ % Do sometyhing } But, I need to test for two conditions like if A or B is defined, then do this How ...
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### Ifthen statement with array value as an entry

Whenever I try to use an element of an array as an entry for a \ifthenelse statement I get the error Incomplete \iffalse; all text was ignored after line 6. Here's a MWE. \documentclass{memoir} \...