How keep macro with csname from gobbling up starred argument?
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For purposes more involved than what's shown here, I want to test certain commands having both an ordinary form and a starred form, with the latter constructed using the suffix package. To do that, I pass each form as argument into a macro try that involves a csname...endcsname expression.
For example:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{suffix}
newcommand{toward}{rightarrow}
WithSuffixnewcommandtoward*{Rightarrow}
newcommand{try}[1]{$a csname#1endcsname b$}
begin{document}
OK: $a toward b$ and $a toward* b$
OK---verb!try{toward}! works: try{toward}
BAD--verb!try{toward*}! gobbles up the arrow: try{toward*}
end{document}
As shown below, the result of a Rightarrow b disappears from the output of try{toward*}
How can that be fixed?
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For purposes more involved than what's shown here, I want to test certain commands having both an ordinary form and a starred form, with the latter constructed using the suffix package. To do that, I pass each form as argument into a macro try that involves a csname...endcsname expression.
For example:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{suffix}
newcommand{toward}{rightarrow}
WithSuffixnewcommandtoward*{Rightarrow}
newcommand{try}[1]{$a csname#1endcsname b$}
begin{document}
OK: $a toward b$ and $a toward* b$
OK---verb!try{toward}! works: try{toward}
BAD--verb!try{toward*}! gobbles up the arrow: try{toward*}
end{document}
As shown below, the result of a Rightarrow b disappears from the output of try{toward*}
How can that be fixed?
macros starred-version
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
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For purposes more involved than what's shown here, I want to test certain commands having both an ordinary form and a starred form, with the latter constructed using the suffix package. To do that, I pass each form as argument into a macro try that involves a csname...endcsname expression.
For example:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{suffix}
newcommand{toward}{rightarrow}
WithSuffixnewcommandtoward*{Rightarrow}
newcommand{try}[1]{$a csname#1endcsname b$}
begin{document}
OK: $a toward b$ and $a toward* b$
OK---verb!try{toward}! works: try{toward}
BAD--verb!try{toward*}! gobbles up the arrow: try{toward*}
end{document}
As shown below, the result of a Rightarrow b disappears from the output of try{toward*}
How can that be fixed?
macros starred-version
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
For purposes more involved than what's shown here, I want to test certain commands having both an ordinary form and a starred form, with the latter constructed using the suffix package. To do that, I pass each form as argument into a macro try that involves a csname...endcsname expression.
For example:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{suffix}
newcommand{toward}{rightarrow}
WithSuffixnewcommandtoward*{Rightarrow}
newcommand{try}[1]{$a csname#1endcsname b$}
begin{document}
OK: $a toward b$ and $a toward* b$
OK---verb!try{toward}! works: try{toward}
BAD--verb!try{toward*}! gobbles up the arrow: try{toward*}
end{document}
As shown below, the result of a Rightarrow b disappears from the output of try{toward*}
How can that be fixed?
macros starred-version
macros starred-version
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
asked 19 mins ago
murray
2,058930
2,058930
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