How to write a definition with variants?












3















In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.{#1 & is & #2.\}



and



def2#1 has #2.{#1 & has & #2.\}



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






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  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    59 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    39 mins ago
















3















In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.{#1 & is & #2.\}



and



def2#1 has #2.{#1 & has & #2.\}



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






macros plain-tex







share|improve this question

























  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    59 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    39 mins ago














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In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.{#1 & is & #2.\}



and



def2#1 has #2.{#1 & has & #2.\}



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






macros plain-tex







share|improve this question
















In TeX I can define, say



def1#1 is #2.{#1 & is & #2.\}



and



def2#1 has #2.{#1 & has & #2.\}



with an easy usage:
1 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
2 Tim Smith has two brothers.



This gives three columns of a tabular: Jim Jones, is, a fictional character. Similarly in the second case.



Can I write a definition depending on, in this case, is/has so I can write



3 Jim Jones is a fictional character.
and
3 Tim Smith has two brothers.



obtaing the previous results?



Solutions using Lua or expl3 are OK, but I hope that a pure TeX one is also possible.






macros plain-tex




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  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    59 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    39 mins ago



















  • At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

    – ShreevatsaR
    59 mins ago











  • @ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    39 mins ago

















At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

– ShreevatsaR
59 mins ago





At the TeX level for any def you can have only one parameter text (the #1 is #2. and #1 has #2. in your 1 and 2 respectively).

– ShreevatsaR
59 mins ago













@ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

– Przemysław Scherwentke
39 mins ago





@ShreevatsaR That's why I am asking how to extend this possibility.

– Przemysław Scherwentke
39 mins ago










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A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{listofitems}

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

begin{document}

begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

end{tabular}

end{document}


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.



variant Tim Smith has two brothers.



bye





share|improve this answer
























  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    46 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

    – Steven B. Segletes
    34 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    27 mins ago












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A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{listofitems}

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

begin{document}

begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

end{tabular}

end{document}


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.



variant Tim Smith has two brothers.



bye





share|improve this answer
























  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    46 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

    – Steven B. Segletes
    34 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    27 mins ago
















3














A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{listofitems}

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

begin{document}

begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

end{tabular}

end{document}


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.



variant Tim Smith has two brothers.



bye





share|improve this answer
























  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    46 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

    – Steven B. Segletes
    34 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    27 mins ago














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A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{listofitems}

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

begin{document}

begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

end{tabular}

end{document}


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.



variant Tim Smith has two brothers.



bye





share|improve this answer













A listofitems approach. Also, listofitems is available in Plain TeX.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{listofitems}

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

begin{document}

begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.\

variant Tim Smith has two brothers.

end{tabular}

end{document}


enter image description here



Similarly done in plain TeX



input listofitems

defvariant#1.{%

  setsepchar{is||has}%

  greadlist*varinput{#1}

  varinput[1] & varinputsep[1] & varinput[2].

}

variant Jim Jones is a fictional character.



variant Tim Smith has two brothers.



bye






share|improve this answer












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  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    46 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

    – Steven B. Segletes
    34 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    27 mins ago



















  • Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

    – Przemysław Scherwentke
    1 hour ago








  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    1 hour ago






  • 1





    @marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    46 mins ago






  • 1





    @marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

    – Steven B. Segletes
    34 mins ago






  • 1





    @PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

    – Steven B. Segletes
    27 mins ago

















Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

– Przemysław Scherwentke
1 hour ago







Certainly +1. However, I will wait for alternative solutions. And I must reserve 3 days for reading your package. :-)

– Przemysław Scherwentke
1 hour ago






1




1





@PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

– Steven B. Segletes
1 hour ago





@PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks. The package idea was mine, but the coding is all Christian's who made it come to life.

– Steven B. Segletes
1 hour ago




1




1





@marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

– Steven B. Segletes
46 mins ago





@marmot I am not sure what you mean by "teach" in this context. However, look also at my tabstackengine package, which uses listofitems for parsing. It can digest matrices and remember all the cell content for future use.

– Steven B. Segletes
46 mins ago




1




1





@marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

– Steven B. Segletes
34 mins ago





@marmot For example, documentclass{article} usepackage[T1]{fontenc} usepackage{listofitems} setsepchar{\/&} begin{document} readlist*myarray{x11&y12&z13\x21&y22&z_{23}\x31&y32&z33} Row 2, Col 3 = $myarray[2,3]$; tokens detokenizeexpandafterexpandafterexpandafter{myarray[2,3]} end{document}

– Steven B. Segletes
34 mins ago




1




1





@PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

– Steven B. Segletes
27 mins ago





@PrzemysławScherwentke listofitems was developed in response to my ill-fated ctan.org/pkg/getargs getargs package. It was a great idea, but just didn't do what needed to be done. Christian T. took that idea and turned it into listofitems.

– Steven B. Segletes
27 mins ago


















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