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4 Jun
2011
4 Jun
'11
2:51 p.m.
On Sat, Jun 04 2011, Paul Menzel wrote:
I want to define `\abs` as the command for the absolute value. The following minimal example is also attached.
\define\abs[1]{\lvert #1 \rvert}
Don't ask me why "\define" doesn't work (certainly related to expansion), but "\def" does the job: \def\abs#1{\lvert #1 \rvert} -- Peter