Questions tagged [xstring]
provides macros manipulating strings of tokens. For a basic use, tokens can be alphanumeric chars, but the macros can also be useful for manipulating tokens
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Can I use IfSubStr to search pgf key values that contain footnotes?
I would like to search some pgfkeys values for particular substrings. My attempt to locate such functionality in the manual didn't pan out, so I turned to using "\IfSubStr" from xstring. ...
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Re-center text after string substitution
What I want to do
I want to display the date (year / month) on the cover of my document in Japanese.
I have used the datetime2 package in other places in my document to print the date in English ...
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Locally delete ^ and _ in braces
I want to delete ^ and _ in a braces like \left( and \right) so that size change of braces ignores super and subscripts.
I want to define it as a macro, but use of xstring package does not allow me to ...
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How does one fully expand a macro between \csname and \encsname?
The best way to ask this question is to present two MWEs, one of which works and one of which does not. Naturally, I would like to get this into the second form, but I am at a loss as to what is ...
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How to modify overlay specifications in a new command in LaTeX Beamer?
I would like to modify the overlay specification that is passed to a custom command, but for some reason, < and > are interpreted as ¡ and ¿ when they are included in a new command.
MWE:
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Checking if a certain fragment is located earlier in the document
Very often I want to refer to a certain claim I mentioned earlier in the document: "As I said earlier, blah." Since I often rearrange material, I need to ensure that "blah" indeed ...
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I made a complex number command
So I've written a command as a homework assignment to render complex numbers correctly. Like, when I write \complfull{5}{-2} the output is 5-2i
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{amsmath}
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Evaluation inside StrGobbleRight
I'm running into a problem with a list of IfSubStr that will be separated by commas and spaces. I don't want the final substring to have that comma and space, so I thought StrGobbleRight(2) would be ...
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Find Text Between tabs [closed]
I copied a sheet from google sheet into a *.txt and want to format it to a pdf.
I could separate it with
\loop\unless\ifeof\mytextfile
\read\mytextfile to\mytextline
So I have in every loop one of ...
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How to pass an argument to a macro called with \csname
I have a macro that generates lists of random numbers and converts them into letters to print. I'd like to create another macro that prints those lists with intervening text. That is, if
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getting automatically the initials of names
This sounds like some basic stuff, and yet I cannot manage to find a solution, packaged or native.
I have documents with people who have from 2 to 4 names (typical Danish name could be Søren Jens ...
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How to get the first three letters of today’s day of week?
I tried using the package datetime2 to get the whole name of today’s day of week and then xstring to trim it as desired. But when I run the following code, the result is not trimmed at all:
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Converting String Coordinates to Number Coordinates (e.g. ab -> 1 and 2)
I'm trying to draw stones on a grid, and my macro API will have two ways of doing it: either you give the X and Y coordinates, or you give it a string of the coordinates. So, for example, ab should be ...
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An expandable command that adds a string to an argument if the string is missing
I would like to write and expandable command which adds a string S1 at the beginning of another string S2 if S2 does not start with S1 in order to ensure that my string always start by S1.
I currently ...
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Elsarticle: obtaining appendix section label letter? [duplicate]
When using Elsevier's article template elsarticle, the references to appendix sections return Appendix X instead of X. I personally dislike the double space, so I was trying to create a macro to ...
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