Function to define how many lines to be displayed

Question

I have just made a command in my own document class wherein if I type: \mline it would automatically output 5 lines only.

My problem would be producing lines by just defining how many lines I want to be displayed by the command \mline.

This is what I want to achieve

Examples:

\mline[10] outputs 10 lines
\mline[3] outputs 3 lines

Code

\newcommand{\mline}{
    \noindent \null\hrulefill{} \\
    \null\hrulefill{} \\
    \null\hrulefill{} \\
    \null\hrulefill{} \\
    \null\hrulefill{} \\
}

This is how i make it thats why it produce 5 lines. How can i make more by just defining it as argument using \mline command? ##Code \newcommand{\mline} { \noindent \null\hrulefill{} \null\hrulefill{} \null\hrulefill{} \null\hrulefill{} \null\hrulefill{}
} — Kayla, Nov 04 '12 at 01:08
sorry! But Im glad of making me notified about that matter sir. — Kayla, Nov 04 '12 at 01:25
I think it's worth to have a look at here http://www.svenhartenstein.de/Software/LaTeX-Questionnaires . \Qlines{5} — karathan, Nov 04 '12 at 01:41
related (though not identical): Rule in textarea every n points and [Can LaTeX be used to make a sheet of blank lines?](http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/24512/] — barbara beeton, Nov 04 '12 at 14:35

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 03 '17 at 14:47

10

Here's one possibility using a \loop, \repeat construct:

\documentclass{article}

\newcounter{mycont}

\newcommand\mline[1][5]{%
\setcounter{mycont}{0}
\par\noindent\loop
\ifnum\value{mycont}<#1
\null\hrulefill\\
\stepcounter{mycont}
\repeat\par}

\begin{document}

\mline

\mline[3]

\mline[8]

\end{document}

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edited Jun 03 '17 at 14:47

Moriambar

11,466

answered Nov 04 '12 at 01:12

Gonzalo Medina

505,128

Thank you so much! :) I compiled my .tex file using \document{myclass} successfully without causing any error! Gracias! – Kayla Nov 04 '12 at 01:18
@kayla I'm glad I could help. ¡De nada! – Gonzalo Medina Nov 04 '12 at 01:19

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 04 '12 at 11:07

The mandatory expl3 answer:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand{\mline}{ O{5} }
 {
  \par
  \prg_replicate:nn { #1 } { \hrulefill\par }
 }
\ExplSyntaxOff

\begin{document}
\mline

\medskip

\mline[2]

\medskip

\mline[4]
\end{document}

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

5

Here is a version using pgffor for the looping:

Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgffor}
\newcommand{\mline}[1][5]{%
    \foreach \x in {1,...,#1} {%
         \par\noindent\null\hrulefill{}%
    }%
    \par% Thanks to Gonzalo Medina: Need this for the case of text following \mline.
}
\begin{document}
\bigskip
\mline
some text.% shows why the trailing \par is required.
\mline[3]
\bigskip
\mline[2]
\end{document}

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

Community

1

answered Nov 04 '12 at 01:13

Peter Grill

223,288

1

I tried to code this already using pgffor package but i always have a problem when i insert \usepackage{pgffor}in my own document class. – Kayla Nov 04 '12 at 01:21
1

@kayla You need to provide more information about the problem you're having. Error message? – Qrrbrbirlbel Nov 04 '12 at 01:30
1

@kayla: As Qrrbrbirlbel said more information would be useful. However as this question is really not about using the pgffor package, you could post a new question with the error message so people here can help you with that problem. You could also try usepackage{tikz}, but I suspect the problem you have is that you have old packages somewhere. Also, does this example as provided above yield the correct results for you? – Peter Grill Nov 04 '12 at 01:53

Function to define how many lines to be displayed

This is what I want to achieve

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