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I am trying to learn how to define commands (\newcommand) and variables (\def) in LaTeX.

When I try:

\def \new {$new$}

or

\newcommand{\new}{$new$}

and substitute it in the text:

\documentclass{article}

%\def \new {$new$}           
%\newcommand{\new}{$new$}

\begin{document}
lala \new lala
\end{document}

The substituted text sticks to the following text as shown here:

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no matter how many spaces I put after the command.

What causes this behavior and how can I change it?

Martin Drozdik
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    That's the normal behaviour. Any amount of space after a control sequence (such as \new) gets gobbled. To effect a space after \new, you can, for instance, use an empty group {}: try lala \new{} lala. – jub0bs Nov 22 '13 at 14:30
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    Or use xspace package and put \newcommand{\new}{$new$\xspace}. David is here any way to help ;-) –  Nov 22 '13 at 14:52

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