[texhax] Enumerating sentences in arguments to macros
Alexandru Scorpan
ascorpan at math.ufl.edu
Wed Nov 10 10:38:21 CET 2004
> So if I try something like this, it doesn't work.
>
> \def\frsts#1.#2\mystop%
> {#1}
>
> \newcommand{\firstsentence}[1]
> {
> \frsts #1\mystop
> }
>
> Error messages talks about runaway arguments. Can it be fixed somehow?
Always make sure that whatever you feed into \firstsentence actually
contains a period. Otherwise, \frstst keep increasing its #1, waiting
for a dot to tell it to stop gathering stuff in #1.
-- Alex
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