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  3. From: Tim Larkin <tsl1@cornell.edu>
  4. Subject: Re: HELP on LaTeX macro
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.195547.9694@mail.cornell.edu>
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  12. References: <1992Nov19.112431.7525@inesc.pt>
  13. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:55:47 GMT
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  16. In article <1992Nov19.112431.7525@inesc.pt> Nuno Joao Mamede,
  17. njm@thor.inesc.pt writes:
  18. >How can I define such a loop in LaTeX (TeX)?
  19.  
  20. Why not use the \loop command? See page 217 of the TeXBook. For your 
  21. example,
  22.  
  23. \def\manylines#1{%
  24.     \count0=#1%
  25.     \loop\ifnum\count0>0 \oneline\advance\count0 by -1\repeat
  26. }
  27.  
  28. Tim Larkin
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