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I have a command defined with xparse that looks like this:

\NewDocumentCommand{\ME}{sogd<>}{\added[id=ME,remark={#1}]{#2}}

(for the full code see Passing complicated argument patterns to a new command)

Now, I want this to be defined through another command, something like

\newcommand{\definerevision}[1]{
    \NewDocumentCommand{\#1}{gg}{\added[id=#1,remark={??#1}]{??#2}}
}

(?? means "what to put here?")

That is \definerevision{INITIAL} expands to define the command \NewDocumentCommand{\INITIAL}{gg}{\added[id=INITIAL,remark={#1}]{#2}} (e.g. in the header)

There are two potential problems, the first is to expand \#1 and the second is that the argument #1 has to be distinguished between the top level command or the nested command (how to distinguish).

Is there a way to define a command through another command using \newcommand or \xparse?

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alfC
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    Yes, there is ... For the inner command you need ##1 instead #1, etc, and the definition requires some more to-do... I'll try to answer it –  Jun 01 '15 at 00:31
  • I am sure, you meant remark=##2, since ##1 is the starred optional argument. –  Jun 01 '15 at 00:38
  • I tried to simplify the code for this question so I put simply ...{gg}{ ... #1 ... #2}. Also I put ?? to know what to put there. – alfC Jun 01 '15 at 00:41
  • Changed my solution to your {gg} macro –  Jun 01 '15 at 00:46

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Defining a command within another command requires to use the \csname #1 \endcsname approach for the \NewDocumentCommand (or \newcommand as well) (assuming #1 is the name of the new command, as argument of the outer command), preceeded by \expandafter

If a command is defined within another one, all parameter arguments characters # have to be doubled, it i.e. ##1, ##2, etc. 

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}

\newcommand{\added}[1]{%
\Large%
\textbf{Arg was #1}%
}

\newcommand{\definerevision}[1]{%
  \expandafter\NewDocumentCommand\csname #1\endcsname{gg}{\added[id=#1,remark={##1}]{##2}}%
}


\definerevision{MOE}  

\definerevision{LARRY}  

\definerevision{CURLY}  
\begin{document}

\MOE{Added}{only this}

\LARRY{Added}{other more important stuff}

\CURLY{Screwed}{up the whole thing}


\end{document}
alfC
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  • Awesome. It is important not to put {} around \csname #1\endcsname (I did that mistake first) – alfC Jun 01 '15 at 00:52
  • \expandafter\NewDocumentCommand{\csname....} would try to expand { which is useless here... and believe me, I did that mistake too (some months ago ;-)) –  Jun 01 '15 at 00:53