Loop-generated LaTeX table using tokens

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I am trying to create a template sort of LaTeX document for myself where I can set a number near the beginning (like a variable) and later in the document there shall be a table with as many rows as that number. Also, in the first column there shall be an increasing list of numbers. So if I set the 'variable' to 5, I would get a table with numbers from 1 to 5 in the first column.

I have followed this professional's answer to a similar question to create this table using tokens. My problem is that I can't get the numbers in my first column like I desire. Here is an MWE

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 addtabtoksthei & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

yes, I know vertical lines are ugly; this is a special use case, not for professional typesetting, please ignore

Output:

Is there some fix to get 1-10 instead of 10 everywhere?

Thanks in advance!

tables tex-core

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I am trying to create a template sort of LaTeX document for myself where I can set a number near the beginning (like a variable) and later in the document there shall be a table with as many rows as that number. Also, in the first column there shall be an increasing list of numbers. So if I set the 'variable' to 5, I would get a table with numbers from 1 to 5 in the first column.

I have followed this professional's answer to a similar question to create this table using tokens. My problem is that I can't get the numbers in my first column like I desire. Here is an MWE

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 addtabtoksthei & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

yes, I know vertical lines are ugly; this is a special use case, not for professional typesetting, please ignore

Output:

Is there some fix to get 1-10 instead of 10 everywhere?

Thanks in advance!

tables tex-core

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asked 1 hour ago

bertalanp99

1495

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up vote
1
down vote

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up vote
1
down vote

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I am trying to create a template sort of LaTeX document for myself where I can set a number near the beginning (like a variable) and later in the document there shall be a table with as many rows as that number. Also, in the first column there shall be an increasing list of numbers. So if I set the 'variable' to 5, I would get a table with numbers from 1 to 5 in the first column.

I have followed this professional's answer to a similar question to create this table using tokens. My problem is that I can't get the numbers in my first column like I desire. Here is an MWE

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 addtabtoksthei & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

yes, I know vertical lines are ugly; this is a special use case, not for professional typesetting, please ignore

Output:

Is there some fix to get 1-10 instead of 10 everywhere?

Thanks in advance!

tables tex-core

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asked 1 hour ago

bertalanp99

1495

I am trying to create a template sort of LaTeX document for myself where I can set a number near the beginning (like a variable) and later in the document there shall be a table with as many rows as that number. Also, in the first column there shall be an increasing list of numbers. So if I set the 'variable' to 5, I would get a table with numbers from 1 to 5 in the first column.

I have followed this professional's answer to a similar question to create this table using tokens. My problem is that I can't get the numbers in my first column like I desire. Here is an MWE

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 addtabtoksthei & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

yes, I know vertical lines are ugly; this is a special use case, not for professional typesetting, please ignore

Output:

Is there some fix to get 1-10 instead of 10 everywhere?

Thanks in advance!

tables tex-core

tables tex-core

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The main problem is that you aren't expanding thei, so the token register will contain

thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline

However, the idea of doing

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterthei & \ hline

doesn't work, because the first level expansion of thei is arabici; a further expansion gives numberc@i and a third expansion would be needed, leading to a whopping 14 repetitions of expandafter. Not ideal.

The simplest trick is to force expansion all the way with

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline

Also stepcounteri should be moved before this instruction.

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 stepcounteri
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline
repeat
showthetabtoks

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

You may find the following solution better. Any number of rows can be specified at runtime.

documentclassarticle
usepackagexparse

ExplSyntaxOn
NewDocumentCommandmakerowsm
 
 int_step_function:nN #1 __bertalanp_mr_row:n
 
cs_new:Nn __bertalanp_mr_row:n #1 & \ hline 
ExplSyntaxOff

begindocument

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 makerows10
endtabular

enddocument

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answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

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  The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
  – bertalanp99
  33 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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2
down vote

You need some more expansion. As it is only the macro thei is stored and it will be executed when typesetting it (i.e. at the end when i=10).

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterexpandedarabici & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

---

Edit: expanded is currently LuaLaTeX-only. Here's a more general version:

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 edeftmpithei
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandaftertmpi & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

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answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

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  At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
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  @egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
  – egreg
  36 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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The main problem is that you aren't expanding thei, so the token register will contain

thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline

However, the idea of doing

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterthei & \ hline

doesn't work, because the first level expansion of thei is arabici; a further expansion gives numberc@i and a third expansion would be needed, leading to a whopping 14 repetitions of expandafter. Not ideal.

The simplest trick is to force expansion all the way with

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline

Also stepcounteri should be moved before this instruction.

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 stepcounteri
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline
repeat
showthetabtoks

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

You may find the following solution better. Any number of rows can be specified at runtime.

documentclassarticle
usepackagexparse

ExplSyntaxOn
NewDocumentCommandmakerowsm
 
 int_step_function:nN #1 __bertalanp_mr_row:n
 
cs_new:Nn __bertalanp_mr_row:n #1 & \ hline 
ExplSyntaxOff

begindocument

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 makerows10
endtabular

enddocument

share|improve this answer

answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
  – bertalanp99
  33 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote



accepted

The main problem is that you aren't expanding thei, so the token register will contain

thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline

However, the idea of doing

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterthei & \ hline

doesn't work, because the first level expansion of thei is arabici; a further expansion gives numberc@i and a third expansion would be needed, leading to a whopping 14 repetitions of expandafter. Not ideal.

The simplest trick is to force expansion all the way with

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline

Also stepcounteri should be moved before this instruction.

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 stepcounteri
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline
repeat
showthetabtoks

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

You may find the following solution better. Any number of rows can be specified at runtime.

documentclassarticle
usepackagexparse

ExplSyntaxOn
NewDocumentCommandmakerowsm
 
 int_step_function:nN #1 __bertalanp_mr_row:n
 
cs_new:Nn __bertalanp_mr_row:n #1 & \ hline 
ExplSyntaxOff

begindocument

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 makerows10
endtabular

enddocument

share|improve this answer

answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
  – bertalanp99
  33 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote



accepted

up vote
3
down vote



accepted

The main problem is that you aren't expanding thei, so the token register will contain

thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline

However, the idea of doing

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterthei & \ hline

doesn't work, because the first level expansion of thei is arabici; a further expansion gives numberc@i and a third expansion would be needed, leading to a whopping 14 repetitions of expandafter. Not ideal.

The simplest trick is to force expansion all the way with

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline

Also stepcounteri should be moved before this instruction.

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 stepcounteri
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline
repeat
showthetabtoks

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

You may find the following solution better. Any number of rows can be specified at runtime.

documentclassarticle
usepackagexparse

ExplSyntaxOn
NewDocumentCommandmakerowsm
 
 int_step_function:nN #1 __bertalanp_mr_row:n
 
cs_new:Nn __bertalanp_mr_row:n #1 & \ hline 
ExplSyntaxOff

begindocument

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 makerows10
endtabular

enddocument

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answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

The main problem is that you aren't expanding thei, so the token register will contain

thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline
thei & \ hline

However, the idea of doing

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterthei & \ hline

doesn't work, because the first level expansion of thei is arabici; a further expansion gives numberc@i and a third expansion would be needed, leading to a whopping 14 repetitions of expandafter. Not ideal.

The simplest trick is to force expansion all the way with

expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline

Also stepcounteri should be moved before this instruction.

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumthei<numberoflines
 stepcounteri
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterromannumeral-`Qthei & \ hline
repeat
showthetabtoks

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

You may find the following solution better. Any number of rows can be specified at runtime.

documentclassarticle
usepackagexparse

ExplSyntaxOn
NewDocumentCommandmakerowsm
 
 int_step_function:nN #1 __bertalanp_mr_row:n
 
cs_new:Nn __bertalanp_mr_row:n #1 & \ hline 
ExplSyntaxOff

begindocument

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 makerows10
endtabular

enddocument

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answered 40 mins ago

egreg

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share|improve this answer

answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

answered 40 mins ago

egreg

692k8518433092

692k8518433092

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
  – bertalanp99
  33 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
  – bertalanp99
  33 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
– bertalanp99
33 mins ago

The alternative solution you provided clearly seems superior, thank you. I am not even sure if using LaTeX for things like this is appropriate (is it?), but this xparse solution is still elegant.
– bertalanp99
33 mins ago

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

You need some more expansion. As it is only the macro thei is stored and it will be executed when typesetting it (i.e. at the end when i=10).

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterexpandedarabici & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

---

Edit: expanded is currently LuaLaTeX-only. Here's a more general version:

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 edeftmpithei
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandaftertmpi & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

22.7k52984

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is expanded? xelatex gives me undefined control sequence for that.
  – bertalanp99
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
  – egreg
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
  – egreg
  36 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

You need some more expansion. As it is only the macro thei is stored and it will be executed when typesetting it (i.e. at the end when i=10).

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterexpandedarabici & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

---

Edit: expanded is currently LuaLaTeX-only. Here's a more general version:

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 edeftmpithei
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandaftertmpi & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

22.7k52984

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is expanded? xelatex gives me undefined control sequence for that.
  – bertalanp99
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
  – egreg
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
  – egreg
  36 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
2
down vote

up vote
2
down vote

You need some more expansion. As it is only the macro thei is stored and it will be executed when typesetting it (i.e. at the end when i=10).

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterexpandedarabici & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

---

Edit: expanded is currently LuaLaTeX-only. Here's a more general version:

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 edeftmpithei
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandaftertmpi & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

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answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

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You need some more expansion. As it is only the macro thei is stored and it will be executed when typesetting it (i.e. at the end when i=10).

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandafterexpandedarabici & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

---

Edit: expanded is currently LuaLaTeX-only. Here's a more general version:

documentclassarticle

defnumberoflines10

newcounteri
setcounteri0
newtokstabtoks
newcommand*addtabtoks[1]tabtoksexpandafterthetabtoks#1
newcommand*resettabtokstabtoks
newcommand*printtabtoksthetabtoks

begindocument

resettabtoks
loopifnumvaluei<numberoflines
 edeftmpithei
 expandafteraddtabtoksexpandaftertmpi & \ hline
 stepcounteri
repeat

begintabular
 hline
 number & empty \
 hline
 printtabtoks
endtabular

enddocument

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edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

22.7k52984

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share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

edited 1 hour ago

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

22.7k52984

answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

22.7k52984

answered 1 hour ago

TeXnician

22.7k52984

22.7k52984

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  What is expanded? xelatex gives me undefined control sequence for that.
  – bertalanp99
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
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  @egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
  – egreg
  36 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  What is expanded? xelatex gives me undefined control sequence for that.
  – bertalanp99
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
  – egreg
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
  – TeXnician
  1 hour ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
  – egreg
  36 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

What is expanded? xelatex gives me undefined control sequence for that.
– bertalanp99
1 hour ago

What is expanded? xelatex gives me undefined control sequence for that.
– bertalanp99
1 hour ago

2

2

At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
– egreg
1 hour ago

At present, only LuaTeX features expanded.
– egreg
1 hour ago

@egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
– TeXnician
1 hour ago

@egreg Oops, thanks for reminding.
– TeXnician
1 hour ago

1

1

@bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
– TeXnician
1 hour ago

@bertalanp99 It is LuaTeX only, but I have added a more general approach.
– TeXnician
1 hour ago

1

1

This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
– egreg
36 mins ago

This prints the numbers from 0 to 9. For 1 to 10, stepcounteri must be moved just after numberoflines.
– egreg
36 mins ago

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