Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!att!ucbvax!UTRCGW.UTC.COM!RAYBRO%HOLON From: RAYBRO%HOLON@UTRCGW.UTC.COM ("William R(ay) Brohinsky") Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: \loop and iteration constructs in TeX Message-ID: Date: 11 Feb 91 13:32:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 16 I have seen very little said anywhere about proper use of \loop and the other iteration operators available in plain/vanilla TeX. I have had a few applications (most notably for mail-list and envelope addressing) that would really have benefitted from being able to write working loops for input from a relatively unformatted file, or outputting repetitive sets of type. I have queried Karl Berry (author of eplain, and the third listed author of `TeX for the Impatient', a must-have book!) and he replied with some information that was admittedly incomplete. I will post this if there's any interest, but I would really like to see an exposition on the iteration operators from a TeX wizard who understands and uses them. Any takers? raybro