General ⇒ How do I do it?

[Haba4568]

How to get a value of a variable? For example, I need to add vertical space of a size defined by \topsep. How do I do it?
Thanks

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the forum!

You can print it by \the, or by \showthe to the log file, or use it directly. Take a look:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
text

\vspace{\topsep}
text

That was additonal space of \the\topsep.
\end{document}

Stefan