[OS X TeX] \ifthenelse in \author ?

[Peder Axensten]

In your specific case, would it be possible to use:
\ifthenelse{\equal{A}{B}}{\author{Whatever true}}{\author{whatever 
false}}
?

On 2 feb 2005, at 15.26, Josep M.Font wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Sorry if this is not a specifically MacOS X-oriented question.
>
> IL am trying to use the \ifthenelse command (from the ifthen package) 
> in amsart document class. I am writing something like 
> \ifthenelse{\equal{A}{B}}{then clause}{else clause}, where A,B will be 
> text strings. It works well if used inside the document's body, but I 
> would like to use it inside the \author{} command (and use \maketitle 
> afterwards) and in this case LaTeX complains that \equal is not 
> defined.
>
> I know \maketitle does some special things, but I am not an expert. 
> Any idea ? Should I abandon my plan ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> JMaF
>
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