4

This works

\newcommand within qrcode.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{qrcode}

\newcommand{\aaa}{test1}
\newcommand{\aab}{test2}
\newcommand{\aac}{test3}

\begin{document}

\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\aaa}
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\aab}
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\aac}

\end{document}

This works too

\newcommand with argument within qrcode.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{qrcode}

\newcommand{\mylink}[1]{#1}

\begin{document}

\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{test1}}
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{test2}}
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{test3}}

\end{document}

This doesn't work

\newcommand with argument (which contains cases) within qrcode.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{qrcode}

\usepackage{xstring}

\newcommand{\mylink}[1]{%
    \IfEqCase{#1}{%
        {1}{test1}%
        {2}{test2}%
        {3}{test3}%
        % you can add more cases here as desired
    }[\PackageError{mylink}{Undefined option to tree: #1}{}]%
}%

\begin{document}

\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{1}}
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{2}}
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{3}}

\end{document}

How can I fix this?

Andreas Schneider
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    One of the problems seems to be that when you call \mylink in the \qrcode the \mylink macro is not expanded and that causes an error. A simple solution to this is to force the expansion of \mylink using \edef: \edef\mylink#1{\IfEqCase{#1}{<stuff>}[<error_stuff>]}. But that leads to another error in the \IfEqCase macro, which I could not solve, so I'll leave to someone else. – Phelype Oleinik Jan 15 '18 at 11:36

2 Answers2

4

You need an expandable case switch:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{qrcode}
\usepackage{xparse}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\cs_new_eq:NN \stringcase \str_case:nnF
\ExplSyntaxOff

\newcommand{\mylink}[1]{%
  \stringcase{#1}{%
    {1}{test1}%
    {2}{test2}%
    {3}{test3}%
    % you can add more cases here as desired
  }{\PackageError{mylink}{Undefined option to tree: #1}{}}%
} 

\begin{document}

\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{1}}\par\bigskip
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{2}}\par\bigskip
\qrcode[height=5cm]{www.domain.tld/\mylink{3}}

\end{document}

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The log file has

<Reading QR code for "www.domain.tld/test1" at level 2-Q from aux file.>
<Reading QR code for "www.domain.tld/test2" at level 2-Q from aux file.>
<Reading QR code for "www.domain.tld/test3" at level 2-Q from aux file.>

One should note that the argument to \mylink is not limited to numbers, so 

\newcommand{\mylink}[1]{%
  \stringcase{#1}{%
    {One}{test1}%
    {Two}{test2}%
    {Three}{test3}%
    % you can add more cases here as desired
  }{\PackageError{mylink}{Undefined option to tree: #1}{}}%
}

with \mylink{One} and so on would work as well.

egreg
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4

\IfEqCase is not expandable and this causes the error. Use primitive \ifcase which is expandable:

\def\mylink#1{%
   \ifcase#1\or test1\or test2\or test3\else\errmessage{something wrong}\fi
}
wipet
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