General

vivelafete · Post by **vivelafete** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:30 pm

it is possible to do something like:

\new_length{width_p3_table1_col1}{1234cm}

and then use the variable later in a table like p{width_p3_table1_col1}.

Thanks

Learn LaTeX easily with newest books:

The LaTeX Beginner's Guide: 2nd edition and perfect for students writing a thesis

The LaTeX Cookbook: 2nd edition full of practical examples for mathematics, physics, chemistry, and more

LaTeX Graphics with TikZ: the first book about TikZ for perfect drawings in your LaTeX thesis

frabjous · Post by **frabjous** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 4:41 pm

The syntax is:

\newlength{\width_p3_table1_col1}
\setlength{\width_p3_table1_col1}{1234cm}

and then:

p{\width_p3_table1_col1}

phi · Post by **phi** » Wed Dec 23, 2009 7:06 pm

Beware: underscores and digits are not allowed in control sequence names.

LaTeX.org

General ⇒ user defined variable

user defined variable

Re: user defined variable

Re: user defined variable