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<font face="Myriad Pro">Dear Zbiginiew,<br>
<br>
try<br>
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\multido{\rt=-0.5+0.1}{11}{%<br>
\psline[linecolor=gray](!-0.5 \rt\space)(!0.5 \rt\space)%<br>
\psline[linecolor=gray](!\rt\space 3.5 add -0.5)(!\rt\space 3.5 add
0.5)%<br>
}<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Juergen<br>
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Zbigniew Nitecki wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:71241025-1C3E-45B5-AC94-D9F18DA94CF0@tufts.edu"
type="cite">The following code
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<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\multido{\rt=-0.5+0.1}{11}{%</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psline[linecolor=gray](-0.5,\rt\space)(0.5,
\rt\space)%</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>\psline[linecolor=gray](\rt\space
3.5 add, -0.5)(\rt\space 3.5 add, 0.5)%</div>
<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>}</div>
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style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
<p style="margin: 0px;">leads to the error message</p>
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#000000">! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#000000"><to be read again> </font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#000000"> 3</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#000000">l.139 </font><span class="Apple-tab-span"
style="white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span"
color="#000000">}</font></div>
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(l.139 refers to the closing brace of the multido)
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Where is my (probably silly) mistake?</p>
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Zbigniew Nitecki</font></p>
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face="Helvetica" size="3">Department of Mathematics</font></p>
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face="Helvetica" size="3">Tufts University</font></p>
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face="Helvetica" size="3">Medford, MA 02155</font></p>
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face="Helvetica" size="3">telephones:</font></p>
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face="Helvetica" size="3">Office<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span
class="Apple-converted-tab"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span>(617)627-3843</font></p>
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