\foreach has a problem with ‘initially’ argument in remember part

Question

Is there an error in my code or did I find a bug? It seems like the \foreach statement doesn’t increase \lastn if there is an initally (value) but it works with a manually given initially value (\def\lastn).

This is what I expect …

right

… and that is what I get …

wrong

Here is my MWE:

\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}

\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style={draw}]
    \node (A) at (0,0) {A};
    \node (B) at (2,0) {B};
    \node (C) at (4,0) {C};
    \node (D) at (6,0) {D};
%   DOESN'T WORK
%   \foreach \n [remember=\n as \lastn (initially A)] in {B,C,D} {
%       \draw [->] (\lastn) -- (\n);
%   }
%   WORKS
    \def\lastn{A}
    \foreach \n [remember=\n as \lastn] in {B,C,D} {
        \draw [->] (\lastn) -- (\n);
    }
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Possible duplicate: Tikz foreach with two variables and the remember option • Related: PGF/TikZ bug tracker — Qrrbrbirlbel, Oct 29 '12 at 17:28
The same issue here http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/66844/getting-last-value-in-tikz-foreach In the stable release the pattern somehow should be inline with the initial value otherwise it doesn't seem to like it. — percusse, Oct 29 '12 at 22:50
I think the problem is present again with the latest CVS version of pgf. Can anyone confirm — rpapa, Mar 10 '13 at 19:35
I confirm that the issue is still there with in the TeXLive 2013 version of TikZ (v 2.10, rcs rev 1.76) — Olivier, Jul 20 '13 at 20:50

Ahmed Musa · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30T00:45:37.953

5

It works with \newforeach:

\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{loops}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[every node/.style=draw]
\node (A) at (0,0) {A};
\node (B) at (2,0) {B};
\node (C) at (4,0) {C};
\node (D) at (6,0) {D};
\newforeach \n [remember=\n as \lastn initially A] in {B,C,D}
  \draw [->] (\lastn) -- (\n);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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You can try also

\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{loops}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node at (0,1) [circle,draw,red] {
  \foxloop [remember=#1 as \x initially A] {B,C,D,E,F,G,H}{%
    $\overrightarrow{\x#1}$\iflastfox.\else,\space\fi
  }
};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

edited Oct 30 '12 at 00:45

answered Oct 29 '12 at 23:56

Ahmed Musa

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OK, thats a workaround, but shouldn’t this bug be fixed in TikI? – Tobi Oct 30 '12 at 08:17
Where does \newforeach come from? – Frederick Nord May 02 '14 at 15:18
loops package. – Ahmed Musa May 04 '14 at 16:02

\foreach has a problem with ‘initially’ argument in remember part

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