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From: kochhar@speed.harvard.EDU (Sandeep Kochhar)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: \typeout problems
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Date: 14 Apr 90 21:48:23 GMT
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A simple question: how do I print out the values of variable/commands?
For example, to print out the value of \topmargin, I tried the
obvious 
	\typeout{\topmargin}

but, instead of the value, I just got 
	\topmargin
printed out.

Thanks.


Sandeep Kochhar
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