General ⇒ \addtocontents and \contentsline issue

[saimike]

I'm trying to add the word "APPENDICES" between my Bibliography and Appendices, but without a page number.

When I try to use this:

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\addtocontents{toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I get a lot of errors. What am I doing wrong here?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

that code line is correct, with standard classes and no interfering packages.

I get a lot of errors. What am I doing wrong here?

Perhaps tell us at least the first error message.

Stefan

[saimike]

Stefan,

I have 98 errors, so here are the first few. The log file is 70kb, pretty big to attach I'd imagine.

! Missing \endcsname inserted.
<to be read again>
\noindent
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

The control sequence marked <to be read again> should
not appear between \csname and \endcsname.

! Argument of \@secondoftwo has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything.
For example, `\def\a#1{...}' and `\a}' would produce
this error. If you simply proceed now, the `\par' that
I've just inserted will cause me to report a runaway
argument that might be the root of the problem. But if
your `}' was spurious, just type `2' and it will go away.

Runaway argument?
! Paragraph ended before \@secondoftwo was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I suspect you've forgotten a `}', causing me to apply this
control sequence to too much text. How can we recover?
My plan is to forget the whole thing and hope for the best.

! Argument of \@newcommand has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything.
For example, `\def\a#1{...}' and `\a}' would produce
this error. If you simply proceed now, the `\par' that
I've just inserted will cause me to report a runaway
argument that might be the root of the problem. But if
your `}' was spurious, just type `2' and it will go away.

Runaway argument?
\fi \hangafter \def \noindent
! Paragraph ended before \@newcommand was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I suspect you've forgotten a `}', causing me to apply this
control sequence to too much text. How can we recover?
My plan is to forget the whole thing and hope for the best.

! Argument of \@xargdef has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything.
For example, `\def\a#1{...}' and `\a}' would produce
this error. If you simply proceed now, the `\par' that
I've just inserted will cause me to report a runaway
argument that might be the root of the problem. But if
your `}' was spurious, just type `2' and it will go away.

Runaway argument?
0]\hangafter \def \noindent
! Paragraph ended before \@xargdef was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I suspect you've forgotten a `}', causing me to apply this
control sequence to too much text. How can we recover?
My plan is to forget the whole thing and hope for the best.

! Missing \endcsname inserted.
<to be read again>
\noindent
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

The control sequence marked <to be read again> should
not appear between \csname and \endcsname.

! Argument of \@secondoftwo has an extra }.
<inserted text>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I've run across a `}' that doesn't seem to match anything.
For example, `\def\a#1{...}' and `\a}' would produce
this error. If you simply proceed now, the `\par' that
I've just inserted will cause me to report a runaway
argument that might be the root of the problem. But if
your `}' was spurious, just type `2' and it will go away.

Runaway argument?
! Paragraph ended before \@secondoftwo was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

I suspect you've forgotten a `}', causing me to apply this
control sequence to too much text. How can we recover?
My plan is to forget the whole thing and hope for the best.

! Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a.
<to be read again>
\hangafter
l.62 ...toc}{\contentsline{chapter}{APPENDICES}{}}

You meant to type ## instead of #, right?
Or maybe a } was forgotten somewhere earlier, and things
are all screwed up? I'm going to assume that you meant ##.

[Juanjo]

I think you just want something like

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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{APPENDICES}