Questions tagged [arguments]
The {argument} tag is used for specific questions about macro parameters and arguments.
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#1# signature in macro definition
I'm reading the source code of xcolor and I'm a little bit confused about the following definition:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\makeatletter
\def\testclr#1#{\@testclr{#1}}
\def\@...
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Remove all instances of {} interior to argument to a command
Is it possible to remove all instances of {} which are passed as parts of an argument to a command?
I would like to use the Tensor package with LyX. The problem is that LyX always puts subscripts ...
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Runaway Argument Error [duplicate]
I got this error. Can someone please help me how to resolve this error?
{This paper presents the hardened properties of a high-performance fi\ETC.
! File ended while scanning use of \field.
<...
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Usage of comma separated arguments in a macro
I've defined a macro \mychapter having an argument which is a list of two comma separated arguments (Author and Title).
The macro creates a \chapter and assigns the author and the title to a fancy ...
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Argument string that applies different code expressions based on the specified option
I want to pass an argument string to \NewDocumentCommand that allows me to apply different code expressions based on the specified option.
For instance, consider a command named product with an ...
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Using \input for command arguments
I'm making an rpg system. I want to separate the contents of the spell from the formatting of the spell to, for example, be able to format the spells differently for character sheets vs a dedicated ...
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Referring to arguments in newcommand not working in math mode [closed]
I would like to create a command given the arguments $g,n,d,X$, generates the output $\overline{M}_{g,n,d}(X)$. If no $g$ is given, I would like the default to be 0.
What I thought was correct was to ...
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Dependency of arguments
I would like to have a secondary environment named \defin that uses a parent environment, the latter taking three arguments. \defin will call \statement with a hard-wired first argument, the rest of ...
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The argument specifier N and n
I am reading the documentation about Argument Specifiers in 1.1 Naming functions and variables of interfaces.pdf, where each argument is represented by a single letter.
I am confused of the argument ...
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Double subscript error on ${\tilde a_0}_0$? [duplicate]
${a_0}_0$ compiles fine: ${a_0}_0$
${\tilde a_0}_0$ yields a "double subscript" error.
Why is that and how can I fix it?
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TeX jargon - Difference between "argument" and "parameter" in TeX?
What's the difference between the term "parameter" and the term "argument" in TeX jargon?
Are outermost enclosing pairs of matching curly braces of undelimited arguments to be ...
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How can I disable shadows (and similar preaction/postaction effects) in TikZ or PGF?
Is there a general way to disable preactions/postactions in TikZ on which effects such as shadows depend?
If not, is there a straightforward way to enable users to add options to an existing style so ...
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Is there a way to add optional and/or named argument to command
I'm writing a handbook for my students and I want to create a command which should draw a task definition, its type and possible features, like source and link to the solution on YouTube.
In my plan ...
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Trying to modify multiaudience environment
I'm using the multiaudience package - works pretty nice. Here is an example
\usepackage{multiaudience}
\SetNewAudience{internGER}
\SetNewAudience{externGER}
\DefCurrentAudience{internGER}
...
\begin{...
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Is it possible to define commands that accept different argument types?
This is actually a more general question, but since a MWE is almost universally called for, consider David Carlisle's code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{nopageno}
\...
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Tikz Calendar - how to pass argument with '\def'
Given the following code
\documentclass[a4paper,20pt]{extarticle}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[czech]{babel}
\usepackage[czech]{translator}
\usepackage{graphicx, ...
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How to properly set optional boolean parameter for pic in tikz?
I try to draw beam on tikz with the possibility to hide its axis.
I created the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{math, shadings}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\tikzset{
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Use of \readrecordarray with macro arguments
I'm trying to use readarray package to load several multi-line files with \readrecordarray command for the next processing. Due to processing of several files \readrecordarray is used in a command ...
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Macro without arguments to define macro with arguments
I'm trying to use xparse and generic TeX/LaTeX commands to write a macro (that takes no arguments) to define another macro that does take arguments:
\documentclass{minimal}
\RequirePackage{xparse,...
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Early expansion of \newcommand or another macro-like statement
I would like to store a list of arguments within \newcommand, \def or any other macro. Such a list would then be passed to another command. However, it turns out that the list in question is treated ...
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\NewDocumentCommand: Mandatory types r / R and their “default values”
The documentation of xparse states (emphasis mine):
r Given as r⟨token1⟩⟨token2⟩, this denotes a “required” delimited argument, where the delimiters are ⟨token1⟩ and ⟨token2⟩. If the opening ...
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What are some examples of LaTeX commands which accept three or more arguments?
The \binom command is an example of a LaTeX command which accepts two inputs.
We have the following example:
\binom{n+1}{2k}
What is an example of a LaTeX command with three or more parameters?
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Command that creates new command based on argument
I want to have a command called \ensureinfocommand that can be called like this:
\ensureinfocommand{studentid}
This call will check if the command \studentid already exists and if not, it should ...
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How can I highlight certain argument fields
I have this environment with 9 arguments. I want to highlight some of the inputs of the argument (#1). Is it possible to do so?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in, a4paper]{geometry}
\...
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Is there a way to remove specific characters from argument of a macro?
Suppose we have a macro saying,
\NewDocumentCommand\foo{m}{#1}
When it eats an argument, I want it to print whatever is in the argument without specific characters.
For instance, I want to remove ...
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LaTeX3 keyval forwarding
Say I want to write a command igtest, which works identically as \includegraphics from graphicx, except that if the page number is given, e.g. \igtest[page=5]{someimg}, then the page number is ...
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\NewDocumentCommand embellishments/tokens syntax
Edited: David Carlisle kindly provided the answer in a comment, which is the definition after \makeatletter.
I'm trying to use embellishments in \NewDocumentCommand to define a macro to kern ...
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Can you not pass argments to commands using keys?
I use my own LaTeX preamble for university, so I am fairly used to creating macros using tools such as xparse. However, I am unsure why I cannot do something that will choose between two images on my ...
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Can't pass argument to second part of newenvironment [duplicate]
This code works:
\documentclass{book}
\newenvironment{testenvironment}[1][]
{\begin{quote}#1}
{\end{quote}}
\begin{document}
\begin{testenvironment}[testargument]
test text
\end{...
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Passing Boolean as Arg to a command
\usepackage{ifthen}
%booleandeclaration
\newboolean{istest}
\setboolean{istest}{false}
%Set boolean in if
% \newcommand{\activate}[1]{%
% \ifnum#1>0{\setboolean{istest}{true}}\fi }
\newcommand{\...
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How does tabularray's 'cmd' key work?
A demonstration of the issue by way of a minimal working example
I saved the following LaTeX code in ~/Test.tex.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\begin{document}
\begin{tblr}{column{2}=...
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Concatenating macro parameter and string adds unwanted space [closed]
I wanted do define a simple macro like the following:
\newcommand{\testcommand}[1]{
\includegraphics[]{pictures/#1.jpeg}
}
But this does not work because it adds a space between the argument #1 ...
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Creating "static" arguments in a string
Is there a trick to integrate arguments "statically" in a given string, to use this string in another command that will then process the argument ?
Something like :
\edef\mystring{Hello #1 !...
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Simplify arithmetics +-, -+, --, 1x, -1x
I made some command \pcoef and \mcoef that simplifies +- and -+ to -, and -- to + in arithmetic expressions, and a \coef that simplifies 1x and -1x to x and -x respectively. They are not really ...
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Command that seems to not be able to unravel the command given in argument
I am trying to define some new commands to be able to define default values for some of the things I will be using over and over again in order to centralize where the style and the typical letter ...
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Argument “r” in math subarray environment not working
While studying LaTeX, I find that the results of following codes
\[
\sum_{\begin{subarray}{c}
i<n\\ i+j=k
\end{subarray}} =
\sum_{\begin{subarray}{l}
i<n\\ i+j=k
\end{subarray}} ...
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Is it possible to use multiple sub- or superscript syntax in math mode?
I often have to write expressions like this in math mode:
L_t^pL_x^q
For some reason, I am not always satisfied with typing this and I would like to define some new command with the same output. I ...
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Treat command provided as argument as plain text
I find myself struggling with a supposedly simple task but after several hours of searching and trial&error I finally give up. I probably still lack the deeper understanding of LaTeX and its ...
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Pass xparse optional token argument from outer command to inner command
I have a document command which accepts several optional token arguments, and I'd like to implement another document command which accepts the same optional token arguments and passes them properly to ...
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How do I parametrize this chapterimage command by an opacity argument?
I have the following chapterimage command, based on this book template (ILM Report by Jenny Lantair) which I use simply by this oneliner: \chapterimage{./res/headers/nature.jpg}.
\newcommand{\...
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Alignment with an empty argument
Here is a little newcommand exo with one argument (for a title for example).
Without this argument, the alignment is bad.
Is it possible to improve this ?
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[...
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argc argv in LaTeX
Can the LaTeX executable receive arguments from the command line to be used as internal variables?
That is, can a command like ./latex document.tex a=3 b=rational c=-17.2 d=true be used to pass values ...
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Syntax: use second argument leaving the first argument as default in a macro
I use this command to abbreviate my notation
\NewDocumentCommand{\Lp}{O{p}O{\mathbb{R}^d}O{[- \infty, \infty]}}%
{L^{#1}(#2, #3)}
I've set one default for each argument, in most cases I need just ...
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Using `\<char> notation to work in replacement text (macro argument) - plain TeX
I'm still trying (again) to not succumb to the TeX syntax.
I'd like to create a "if/when" that checks if a character is letter (catcode 11).
\def\whenletter#1{\expandafter\expandafter\...
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Moderncv package provides error for optional arguments: why?
So I'm writing my CV using moderncv from TeXLive on Arch Linux. Note that I am on Emacs, where an expanding snippet for cventry gives me this suggestion: \cventry{year}{job}{employer}{city}{...
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Grab variable number of tokens – xparse macro
I'm trying to create the following macro:
\adddescr{<comma separated list>}{<description 1>}...{<description n>}
this macro should print element -- description \par accordingly, so ...
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How to avoid typing \leavevmode before a citation macro that already starts with \leavevmode?
Control sequences with optional arguments inside optional arguments must
be "hidden" with braces.
Using the abntex2cite package to handle my citations, I often want to write:
\begin{teor}[{\...
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Is there any way to pass variables to commands?
Right now I'm doing some math homework that has lots of ordered pairs. Being lazy, I got tired of writing \langle x, y \rangle and so I was wondering if there's a way to define a command, say \ordered,...
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Is it safe to use \globaldefs for setting global pgf key-value pairs?
With the help of this post (Is there a way to set a *global* key value using `pgfkeys`?), I found a simpler way to implement a solution to my own question (How can I create commands using multiple ...
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Argument of \cvskill has an extra } when trying to override an existing command
I'm using the moderncv package which already defines the \cvskill command.
I'm trying to override/redefine this command with \renewcommand:
% ...
% param 1: name of the skill / tech / etc.
% param 2: ...
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