Show or hide rows of a tabular controlled by a global variable

Question

Is it possible to show or hide rows of a table by setting a global boolean variable?

\documentclass{minimal}

% some boolean variable X

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ccc}
A & B & C \\
A & B & C \\
A & B & C \\ %show this row iff X is true
A & B & C \\
A & B & C \\ % show this row iff X is true
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I don't think this is a dupe: the proposed question is about columns, while there it's rows that are important. The approaches needed are very different. — Joseph Wright, Dec 09 '11 at 10:13
@JosephWright If there is a similar question about columns, could you provide the link to it? — student, Dec 09 '11 at 10:18
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/16604/easiest-way-to-delete-a-column — Joseph Wright, Dec 09 '11 at 10:19

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 14 '17 at 20:32

6

etoolbox provides an easy syntax for this: \ifbool{FLAG}{IF-TRUE}{IF-FALSE}:

\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\newbool{extrarows}
\booltrue{extrarows}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ccc}
A & B & C \\
A & B & C \\
\ifbool{extrarows}{D & E & F \\}{}
A & B & C \\
\ifbool{extrarows}{D & E & F \\}{}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

edited Jul 14 '17 at 20:32

Moriambar

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answered Dec 09 '11 at 09:58

Chel

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Show or hide rows of a tabular controlled by a global variable

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