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How to write a definition with variants?



The Next CEO of Stack OverflowTranslate in-line equations to TeX code (Any Package?)Doing def+asdf+texttt#1 where + can be set with a macroAllow macro to end without new lineMultiple vertical rules along text – by using leaders?How to write a parameter-driven macro?Special macro definition (2opt, 1mand)amstex: operator definition errorProblem in a macro definition (plain TeX)Write an unpar macroLaTeX for plain TeX users?“Missing '' inserted” and “Missing inserted” with aligned environment










3















In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.#1 & is & #2.\



and



def2#1 has #2.#1 & has & #2.\



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






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  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    55 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    35 mins ago















3















In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.#1 & is & #2.\



and



def2#1 has #2.#1 & has & #2.\



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






macros plain-tex







share|improve this question
























  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    55 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    35 mins ago













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3








3








In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.#1 & is & #2.\



and



def2#1 has #2.#1 & has & #2.\



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






macros plain-tex







share|improve this question
















In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.#1 & is & #2.\



and



def2#1 has #2.#1 & has & #2.\



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






macros plain-tex




macros plain-tex






share|improve this question















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  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    55 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    35 mins ago

















  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    55 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    35 mins ago
















At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

– ShreevatsaR
55 mins ago





At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

– ShreevatsaR
55 mins ago













@ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

– Przemysław Scherwentke
35 mins ago





@ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

– Przemysław Scherwentke
35 mins ago










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A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclassarticle
usepackagelistofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

begindocument
begintabularc
variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\
variant Tim Smith has two brothers.
endtabular
enddocument


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

bye





share|improve this answer























  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago







  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    57 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    42 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

    – Steven B. Segletes
    30 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    23 mins ago











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A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclassarticle
usepackagelistofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

begindocument
begintabularc
variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\
variant Tim Smith has two brothers.
endtabular
enddocument


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

bye





share|improve this answer























  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago







  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    57 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    42 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

    – Steven B. Segletes
    30 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    23 mins ago















3














A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclassarticle
usepackagelistofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

begindocument
begintabularc
variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\
variant Tim Smith has two brothers.
endtabular
enddocument


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

bye





share|improve this answer























  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago







  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    57 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    42 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

    – Steven B. Segletes
    30 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    23 mins ago













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3







A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclassarticle
usepackagelistofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

begindocument
begintabularc
variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\
variant Tim Smith has two brothers.
endtabular
enddocument


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

bye





share|improve this answer













A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclassarticle
usepackagelistofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

begindocument
begintabularc
variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\
variant Tim Smith has two brothers.
endtabular
enddocument


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems
defvariant#1.%
 setsepcharhas%
 greadlist*varinput#1
 varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

bye






share|improve this answer












share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer










answered 1 hour ago









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  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago







  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    57 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    42 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

    – Steven B. Segletes
    30 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    23 mins ago

















  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago







  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    57 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    42 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

    – Steven B. Segletes
    30 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    23 mins ago
















Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

– Przemysław Scherwentke
1 hour ago






Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

– Przemysław Scherwentke
1 hour ago





1




1





@PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

– Steven B. Segletes
57 mins ago





@PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

– Steven B. Segletes
57 mins ago




1




1





@marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

– Steven B. Segletes
42 mins ago





@marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

– Steven B. Segletes
42 mins ago




1




1





@marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

– Steven B. Segletes
30 mins ago





@marmot For example, documentclassarticle usepackage[T1]fontenc usepackagelistofitems setsepchar\/& begindocument readlist*myarrayx11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_23\x31&y32&z33 Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandaftermyarray[2,3] enddocument

– Steven B. Segletes
30 mins ago




1




1





@PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

– Steven B. Segletes
23 mins ago





@PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

– Steven B. Segletes
23 mins ago

















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