[OS X TeX] Staggering
Alain Schremmer
Schremmer.Alain at gmail.com
Thu Mar 8 11:56:45 EST 2007
Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 07.03.2007 um 18:05 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
>
>> 3) What I would like to do is to use the exponent as third parameter
>> instead of the value of the power, say
>>
>> \brmultiply{17}{2}{6}
>> \brmultiply{3}{3}{4}
>>
>> instead of
>>
>> \brmultiply{17}{2}{1088}
>> \brmultiply{3}{3}{243}
>
>
> Do you mean something like this:
>
> \newcounter{result}
> \newcounter{steps} % iterations of the loop
> \newlength{\relspc} % twice maximum left shift
> \newlength{\relstep} % estimation of decreasing shift
> \newlength{\ubrace} % length of \underbrace expression
> \newlength{\reslen} % length of the result
> \newcommand{\stagger}[3]{
> \setlength{\relstep}{1.75em} % OK for small numbers
> \setlength{\relspc}{\relstep*#3}
> \setcounter{result}{#1}
> \begin{center}
> \forloop{steps}{0}{\value{steps}<#3}{
> \settowidth{\ubrace}{$\underbrace{\theresult\times#2}$}
> \settowidth{\reslen}{\theresult}
> \setlength{\relspc}{\relspc-\ubrace+\reslen}
> $\underbrace{\theresult\times#2}$\rule{\relspc}{0pt}%\thesteps
> \\
> \setcounter{result}{#2*\value{result}}
> }
> \theresult
> \end{center}
> }
>
>
> When you make the commented \thesteps active you can see the value of
> the loop counter.
> When you change the 0pt to 1pt you can see the amount of space by
> which the lines are shifted to the left.
>
> Using a font size relative value for the amount by which the left
> shift is reduced line by line makes it independent of the font size
> or the font used. When using larger numbers you will need to increase
> \relstep – but then you would not be able to use the same function
> also for small numbers. A forth argument, this width, could help. A
> more radical approach would be to determine the largest and smallest
> underbrace and to compute from this the maximal shift width. (The
> result and the last underbrace do not need to be shifted.)
I just tried it: This is a Mercedes to Weimer's Ford. But then I am not
a rich man. :-)
Joking aside, I intend to try and analyze the two since I really want to
learn how to Â… program.
Most grateful regards
--schremmer
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