[pstricks] multido

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Zbigniew Nitecki wrote:

> The following code
> ****************************************************************
> 		\multido{\rt=-0.5+0.1}{11}{%
> 			\psline[linecolor=gray](-0.5,\rt\space)(0.5, 
> \rt\space)%
> 			\psline[linecolor=gray](\rt\space 3.5 add, 
> -0.5)(\rt\space 3.5 add, 0.5)%
> 		}
> *********************************************************************
> leads to the error message
>> ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).

> Where is my (probably silly) mistake?

Zbigniew,

   Everywhere you have a unit of length. :-) We all do this on occasion and
forget to specify exactly what unit we want.

   Put in mm, cm, in, pt, or whatever's appropriate and try again. Has
nothing to do with multido.

Rich

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