[OS X TeX] ifthen and regular expressions

[Jeffrey J Weimer]

On May 15, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Friedrich Vosberg wrote:

> Does someone of You know how to get an ifthenelse switch that is  
> TRUE if the expansion of the given macro contains a given string.  
> For example:
>
> \def\string{court}
> \def\pattern{Royal High Court of Westminster}
>
> \ifthenelse{contains{\string}{\pattern}{%
>   TRUE
> }{%
>   FALSE
> }

The coolstr package may be able to handle this.

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