Text Formatting ⇒ \textsc in \edef

[zvonsully]

The following simple code gives errors. I need edef so I can build a list of words by redefining \test. The \textsc command seems to be the problem...

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\edef\test{\textsc{a}}
% \edef\test{\test b}
% \edef\test{\test c}
 
\test

\end{document} 

[sommerfee]

You need to use some macro which concatenate the content without expanding it, for example \g@addto@macro:

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\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\addtotest[1]{\g@addto@macro\test{#1}}
\newcommand\test{}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\addtotest{\textsc{a}}
\addtotest{b}
\addtotest{c}

\test

\end{document}