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Suppose I need to draw a Kantor set, or a Sierpinski carpet, or a Koch curve, or any such of simple fractal.

Tipically you can do that by drawing a picture, then rescalining it and replicating in several places.

I tried by using \foreach \a in {...} combined to \begin{scope}[shift{some function of \a},scale{some function of \a}]

but I did not succeed.

So which is the correct way to combine a cycle for with moving and rescaling a picture?

More precisely I tried:

\foreach \a in {0,1,2}

\begin{scope}[shift={(10\a,0)}, scale=1/3]
  mypicture

\end{scope}

this gives errors

"Extra }, or forgotten \endgroup."

and with group parenthesis 

\foreach \a in {0,1,2}

{\begin{scope}[shift={(10\a,0)}, scale=1/3]
  mypicture

\end{scope}}

which seems just not working.

AboAmmar
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There are two errors in you code.

  1. You probably want to multiply \a by 10, so you have to write 10*\a.

  2. The body of the foreach loop has to be in a brace group if it is more than a single statement. While

    \foreach \a in {0,1,2}
  \node at (10*\a,0) {\a};

    is okay (single statement, ending with ;), this is not

    \foreach \a in {0,1,2}
  \begin{scope}[shift={(10*\a,0)}]
    \node at (0,0) {\a}; % scanning actually stops at this ;
  \end{scope} % this is not reached -> error!

If you correct these errors, the following MWE typesets just fine.

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
  \foreach \a in {0,1,2} {
    \begin{scope}[shift={(10*\a,0)}]
      \node at (0,0) {\a};
    \end{scope}
  }
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}
Henri Menke
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