General ⇒ Overcoming limitation of max nine parameters

[sierra1bravo]

Dear all
The following code doesn't compile as LaTeX seems to have a built-in limit of 9 arguments. Is there some way to side-step this limitation?

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\newcommand{\oneTick}[28]{\ticket{%
   \put(7,38){\makebox[0mm]{\bfseries\Large #1}}
   \put(#2,#3){#4}
   \put(#5,#6){#7}
   \put(#8,#9){#10}
   \put(#11,#12){#13}
   \put(#14,#15){#16}
   \put(#17,#18){#19}
   \put(#20,#21){#22}
   \put(#23,#24){#25}
   \put(#26,#27){#28}
}}

\begin{document}
\oneTick{00001}{3}{28}{11}{3}{28}{14}{10}{28}{22}{17}{8}{31}{24}{28}{40}{31}{28}{47}{31}{8}{47}{45}{8}{73}{59}{18}{92}
\end{document}

Thanks in advance

Das

[gmedina]

Hi,

the information in How to break the 9-argument limit could be useful for you.

[localghost]

You could try the xargs package. It translates the suggestions behind the link provided by gmedina.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[gmedina]

Hi localghost,

You could try the xargs package. It translates the suggestions behind the link provided by gmedina...

Thanks for the info about that package, I didn't know it.

However, I've been reading the documentation of the xargs package and (please correct me if I am wrong) as far as I can tell this package doesn't allow the possibility of having more than nine arguments when defining commands; it merely allows having more than one optional argument and it also allows the optional argument(s) not necessarily being the first one. However, the total number of arguments must still be 9.

[sierra1bravo]

Dear gmedina, localghost
After reading the documentation for xargs, I'm inclined to believe gmedina is right...while xargs package enhances the flexibility of parameters, it doesn't seem to enhance their number (I may be completely wrong).

das

[localghost]

[...] However, I've been reading the documentation of the xargs package and (please correct me if I am wrong) as far as I can tell this package doesn't allow the possibility of having more than nine arguments when defining commands; it merely allows having more than one optional argument and it also allows the optional argument(s) not necessarily being the first one. However, the total number of arguments must still be 9.

It seems that you are right. I only read the caption of the package in its CTAN entry. And obviously I didn't do that very careful.