[OS X TeX] Variable

[Christopher Allen]

I don't know probsoln at all. Specifically, I don't know how i and j  
get assigned. When I've wanted to do calculations and the like, I've  
used

\usepackage{calc}

followed by groups of things like

\newcounter{xyz}
\setcounter{xyz}{\value{abc}*12}
\addtocounter{xyz}{1}
\arabic{xyz}

If probsoln uses regular counters, I would think they would be  
accessible via various other commands for counters. The various  
commands for counters won't really care if the counters keep being  
changed, just whether the counters are present and what values they  
hold.

> (1) I am using probsoln which uses \PSNrandseed{N} to seed the  
> randomness of the multiple choices. I would like to have in the  
> document a line that says to print the particular N.

So, how about

\newcounter{seedNumber}
\setcounter{seedNumber}{123} % 123 would be whatever seed number  
you've chosen
\arabic{seedNumber} % to print the seed number
\PSNrandseed{\value{seedNumber}} % to use the seed number as you were  
before

Would that do what you want?

I have to run, but I'll think on #2. #3 and #4 are beyond me. Hope  
that helps.

Chris

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