I need some help!

[Isaiah Shavitt]

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My next question is the following:

A string is given to a macro as an argument (say {#5}). 
In the macro I have a (!ps) section to calculate a 
coordinate pair at which to \rput the string, but 
I need to use the string width in that calculation 
(using the [refpoint] parameter or the \uput command 
do not accomplish what I need).  I tried:

                (#5) stringwidth

inside the (!ps) code, but the parentheses that are 
required by ps to define a string seem to confuse the 
pst macro processor and to stop the interpretation of 
the rest of the macro.

Is there a way to get around this problem, or an 
alternative way to obtain the string width and to pass 
it on to the (!ps) code?

Thank you for your help,  I.S. 
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Isaiah Shavitt
Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry           Telephone: 614-292-1668
The Ohio State University         Fax:       614-292-1685
Columbus, OH 43210-1185           E-mail: shavitt at chemistry.ohio-state.edu
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