General ⇒ Using verbatim in my macro...

[MrTree]

I have a cunning plan for the document I'm working on but I'm having trouble implementing it...

I use several macros to define various constants etc for example

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\newcommand{\xscale}{\tilde{x}}

Now, I want to put together a table where I define all of these.
For example;

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\begin{tabular}{l l l}
Variable&Meaning&\LaTeX Command\\
$\xscale$&Scaled Coorinate&\verb$\xscale$\\
\endPtabular}

The verbatim text at the end is only for my own reference and I won't want it displayed in the final version...

What I would like to do is put together a command whereby I can add a new variable to the list by;

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\newvar{\name}{Definition}

This will create the line

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$\name$&Definition&\verb$\name$\\

When it comes to the final version I just switch the command out for one that doesn't print the \verb section...
I've learnt that \verb and verbatim cannot be used in this manner but am unable to find a suitable work-around.

[phi]

this should work:

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\newcommand*{\newvar}[2]{%
  $#1$&%
  #2&%
  \texttt{\string#1}\\%
}

[MrTree]

You, sir, are a star.

Works like a charm; thank you very much.

[MrTree]

The only caviat is that I can't do

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\newvar{\xscale,\yscale}{Scaled Cartesian coordinates.}

But I can work around that for now, unless the fix is simple.

Cheers

[phi]

You can use \detokenize{#1} instead of \string#1, but then there will be additional spaces after each control word.