Expansion inside \AtBeginDocument

Question

I'd like to expand a macro inside \AtBeginDocument, although I guess the concrete macro does not matter.

\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\@for\x:=1,2,3\do{%
  \AtBeginDocument{\@input@{helper\x .tex}}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}
Do something with the definitions from helper1.tex etc. 
\end{document}

The file inclusion works without the \AtBeginDocument{...}, and of course it does not work with it, as \x is not expanded at call time. I have the feeling the right amount of \expandafters in the right places will do the job, but I don't see it.

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '13 at 22:56

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\makeatletter
\@for\x:=1,2,3\do{%
  \begingroup\edef\x{\endgroup
    \noexpand\AtBeginDocument{\noexpand\@input@{helper\x.tex}}}\x
}
\makeatother

Or with expl3:

\usepackage{expl3}
\ExplSyntaxOn\makeatletter
\clist_map_inline:nn { 1 , 2 , 3 }
 {
  \AtBeginDocument{\@input@{helper#1.tex}}
 }
\makeatother\ExplSyntaxOff

answered Jul 04 '13 at 22:56

egreg

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+1 I suppose: you were quicker by a second as \x shorter than \tmp – David Carlisle Jul 04 '13 at 22:59
@DavidCarlisle That's almost automatic; isn't using \x with six different meanings lovely? – egreg Jul 04 '13 at 23:01

Expansion inside \AtBeginDocument

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