Re: [Dev-luatex] a problem with ~=

Hans Hagen Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:20:19 +0200 Eythan Weg wrote:

Hi ,

\directlua 0{ if ("ab" ~= "cb") then do texio.write_nl("not equal") end end } \bye

results in ! LuaTeX error [string "luas[0]"]:1: ')' expected near '\'.

This is with yesterday's svn.

well, it fails with any version, given that you have ~ defines as active char that expands to something \directlua 0 { if "ab" \string ~= "cb" then texio.write_nl("not equal") end } probably works ok at your end Hans Yes, thanks. eythan