Different between \def and \long\def and where to use

Asked Sep 27 '21 at 15:30

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Please excuse if my question is silly....

May I know what's the difference between \def and \long\def and where to use \long\def

Thanks....

edited Sep 28 '21 at 00:54

Phelype Oleinik

asked Sep 27 '21 at 15:30

MadyYuvi

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Unless you are a programmer, you should use neither, as they are plain TeX commands. In LaTeX, use \newcommand or \NewDocumentCommand instead. But the difference is that \long\def allows the argument to contain paragraph breaks. – Gaussler Sep 27 '21 at 15:33
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\newcommand is the LaTeX version of \long\def, whereas \newcommand* is the LaTeX version of \def. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 27 '21 at 15:34
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The answer is here https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/1057/2288 – Diaa Sep 27 '21 at 15:38
Thanks a lot to all..... – MadyYuvi Sep 27 '21 at 16:18

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