General ⇒ Destroy or nullify argument

[Montag]

Hello,

let's say I'd like to share a document with some people and it contains some data I'd like to give out only to a selected few of all the recipients.
So I'd like to make two versions of the document.
The "public" version should not contain only the "private" data. Is there a way to do this? If yes, how?

I prepared a MWE with some silly looking example code. I would continue to work on it if I knew how to define this "switch" and the if-code, but I haven't found a proper guide or knowledgebase yet.

[localghost]

Probably the comment package is what you're looking for.


Thorsten

[Montag]

Heyho Thorsten, yes, thanks the comment package seems to be the solution for nullifying an argument-problem.
Could you also give me a hint about the switch-thing?

[localghost]

[…] Could you also give me a hint about the switch-thing?

Doesn't the package itself offer such a switch?

[frabjous]

Here's a sample document.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{comment}
\includecomment{comment}
\begin{document}
\begin{comment}
Only with the above command.
\end{comment}
In every version.
\end{document}

As is, it will print the comment. If you remove the line "\includecomment{comment}" or change it to "\excludecomment{comment}", it won't. Is that what you meant by a switch?

[Montag]

Thank you both, that's it.