[texhax] Handling arrays or lists in LaTeX command arguments

[Uwe Lueck]

>> I'm hunting for a TeX or LaTeX macro which processes an argument as a 
>> [c-style] array with a (possibly arbitrary, possibly fixed) number of entries.
>
>    http://ctan.org/pkg/arrayjob

Another more ambitious one (as compared to Donald Arseneau's response)

    http://ctan.org/pkg/forarray

(more recent than arrayjob)

HTH -- Uwe

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Von: Uwe Lueck 
Gesendet: 22.04.2010 09:53:33
An: texhax at tug.org,Brandon Kuczenski 

Betreff: Re: [texhax] Handling arrays or lists in LaTeX command arguments

>Brandon Kuczenski 
 22.04.2010 01:49:37:
>> I'm hunting for a TeX or LaTeX macro which processes an argument as a 
>> [c-style] array with a (possibly arbitrary, possibly fixed) number of entries.
>
>    http://ctan.org/pkg/arrayjob
>
>? HTH -- Uwe.
>
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>Von: Brandon Kuczenski 

>Gesendet: 22.04.2010 01:49:37
>An: texhax at tug.org
>Betreff: [texhax] Handling arrays or lists in LaTeX command arguments
>
>>Hi TeXers,
>>
>>I'm hunting for a TeX or LaTeX macro which processes an argument as a 
>>[c-style] array with a (possibly arbitrary, possibly fixed) number of 
>>entries.
>>
>>For instance, I imagine three hypothetical LaTeX commands:
>>
>>\defarray{\arrayname}{num}{[element1,element2,element3...]}
>>
>>creates an array called \arrayname with num elements.  Here I assume the 
>>elements are comma-separated and enclosed in brackets, but that is just 
>>for example.
>>
>>\arraydo{\arrayname}{operation}
>>
>>performs 'operation' once for each element in the array in succession.
>>
>>\thearrayelement
>>
>>(within \arraydo) expands to the current element in the array.
>>
>>Is such a thing remotely possible?  Anything that points in this 
>>direction would be appreciated.  The ability to index into the array 
>>would be extra-special.
>>
>>
>>
>>%%-----------------------
>>%% code sample
>>
>>\newcommand{\boxnumbers}[1]{ %
>>   \arraydo{#1}{% hypothetical array expander
>>	\fbox{\thearrayelement}\;%
>>	} %
>>}
>>
>>% The Sequence
>>\defarray{\foo}{6}{[4,8,15,16,23,42]} % hypothetical array constructor
>>
>>\boxnumbers{\foo}
>>
>>%% end code sample
>>%%-----------------------
>>
>>would create a series of boxes, each containing a number from The Sequence.
>>
>>thanks for any pointers,
>>Brandon
>>
>>--
>>
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