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11 Dec
2008
11 Dec
'08
6:50 a.m.
When I run the code below (via minimals), I get the following error, why? enter loop ! Extra \else. \@@plniterate ...\expandafter \@@plniterate \else \fi \myloop ...by 1 \ifnum \tempcnta >#1\else \repeat \fi \message {exit} l.16 \myloop{2008} Code: \newcount\startcnt \newcount\tempcnta \def\myloop#1{% \message{enter} \tempcnta=\the\startcnt% \loop \message{loop} \advance \tempcnta by 1 \ifnum\tempcnta>#1\else \repeat\fi \message{exit} } \starttext \startcnt=1800 \myloop{2008} \stoptext Thanks, Bart