[OS X TeX] Variable

Peter Pagin peter.pagin at philosophy.su.se
Thu May 4 06:58:37 EDT 2006


For something similar to spreadsheat capacity, the best I know is the fp 
package. More flexible than calc.

Best,
Peter

Alain Schremmer wrote:
> I have several questions that, I hope, belong together.
>
> (1) I am using probsoln which uses \PSNrandseed{N} to seed the 
> randomness of the multiple choices. I would like to have in the 
> document a line that says to print the particular N.
>
> (2) Probsoln requires that on each question file, each variant be 
> given a separate name. When I use a legacy multiple choice, the jth 
> variant of the ith question is just
>
>    \newproblem{Qi-j}{\includegraphics{Qi-j}}{Answer ij}
>
> What I would like is something like
>
>    \newproblem{Qi-j}{\includegraphics{=first argument this
>    \newproblem}}{Answer ij}
>
> or better yet
>
>    \newproblem{= argument \includegraphics in second argument of this
>    \newproblem}{\includegraphics{Qi-j}}{Answer ij}
>
> (3) Although I can't see it as feasible, could i in Qi-j be equal to 
> the file name?
>
> (4) More generally, is there a package with spreadsheet like capability?
>
> Regards
> --schremmer
>
>
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