Missing \endcsname inserted., "relax" when inserting figures in minipage in newcommand

Question

I am trying to insert figures in minipages in newcommands to get two images on a a5 paper. MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage[a5paper, margin=5mm]{geometry}

\newcommand{\twoimages}[2]{
    \centering
    \begin{minipage}
        \begin{figure}
            \begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}
               \includegraphics[width=0.97\textwidth]{#1}
            \end{minipage}
            \noindent
            \begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}
               \includegraphics[width=0.97\textwidth]{#2}
            \end{minipage}
        \end{figure}
    \end{minipage}
}

\begin{document}
\twoimages{example-image-plain}{example-image-plain}
\end{document}

which results in

<to be read again>
                   \relax
l.21 ...{example-image-plain}{example-image-plain}

I cant spot the error. I got part of the code from How to use figure inside a minipage? and I already tried \DeclareRobustCommand, but no luck.

Can you help?

Welcome to TeX.SX! If you just want to include two images without a caption, there is no need for the figure environment. — leandriis, Aug 12 '19 at 18:45
Welcome to TeX.SX! The first \begin{minipage} is missing the mandatory width argument. However, a figure environment inside a minipage will raise yet another error... — Phelype Oleinik, Aug 12 '19 at 18:45
@PatrickBateman Seems you like the book of Bret Easton Ellis? ;-) — Ulrich Diez, Aug 14 '19 at 13:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '19 at 18:50

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I overthought it. Thank you @leandriis and https://tex.stackexchange.com/users/134574/phelype-oleinik

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\usepackage[a5paper, margin=5mm]{geometry}

\newcommand{\twoimages}[2]{
    \centering
    \begin{minipage}[c]{\textwidth}
       \includegraphics[width=0.96\textwidth]{#1}
        \noindent
       \includegraphics[width=0.96\textwidth]{#2}
    \end{minipage}
}

\begin{document}
\twoimages{example-image-plain}{example-image-plain}
\end{document}

answered Aug 12 '19 at 18:50

PatrickBateman

21

1

the minipage here is doing nothing, you can delete it, similarly the \noindent command. The \centering command will apply to the whole document, perhaps that is OK but if your actual document has following text it will be centred. – David Carlisle Aug 12 '19 at 18:51
Thank you, too! – PatrickBateman Aug 13 '19 at 19:47

Missing \endcsname inserted., "relax" when inserting figures in minipage in newcommand

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