Re: a LaTeX question

• Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net> [070901 06:21]:
  > Does anyone here use LaTeX. Not a Debian question at all, but isn't it
  > possible to define a quantity, say a cash amount
  > \def\yearly {12000}
  > and then have latex calculate from it to enter another figure, say
  > \monthly=\yearly / 12
  > hoping to get the figure '1000' printed in the document by inserting
  > '\monthly'.
  > Obviously that is not correct markup, but does any wise person know how
  > to achieve that?
  

Look at the "calc" package.

If you do not have a copy of "A Guide to LaTeX" by Helmut Kopka & Patrick W. Daly, you need to get a copy. It is by far the best LaTeX book, and the only one you likely shall need. The 4th edition is the latest, but the 3rd edition is the one I use, and the 3rd edition has a better grade of paper. ISBN 0-201-39825-7 for the 3rd edition.

RLH

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