Questions tagged [dimension-expressions]

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Add values stored in an array

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article} \usepackage{arrayjob} \begin{document} \newarray\cws \cws(0)=3pt \cws(1)=4pt \let\a\dimexpr\cws(0)+\cws(1)\relax \a \end{document} Error: ! You can't use `\dimexpr' in horizontal mode. This doesn't work…
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Why we used \number in Latex?

Here is my code: \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \def\Printdimen#1#2{\strip@pt \dimexpr #2 *65526 /\number\dimexpr 1#1} \makeatother \begin{document} \Printdimen{mm}{\hsize} mm \end{document}
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Can I change font based on predicted width

Is it possible to define a macro that changes font based on width that a box "would be"? I'd like to define a LaTeX macro that does something like: \newcommand{\mylabel}[1] { \if\latexMagicWidthOf{\labelfont #1}>2em {\labelfont #1} …
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Is `\strip@pt` removing the hundreds as well as the `pt`?

I was getting some strange results trying to position things in beamer, and I realised that \strip@pt was removing not only the pt, but also the hundreds from the number. Here's my MWE: \documentclass[]{beamer}…
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Predefined lengths in \put

This works: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{eso-pic} \begin{document} \AddToShipoutPictureBG* { \setlength{\unitlength}{1 mm} \put(52, 240){Text} } Some more text \end{document} EDIT: I realize I was a bit too quick when first…
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