Hello Aditya, I had no hope of solving the problem, but it works! Unbelievable! Thanks very much for fixing the problem and the quickness too. Jaroslav Dne 20.8.2010 1:12, Aditya Mahajan napsal(a):

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote:

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Hello all,

I'm looking for a way to insert any character (CSV separator) into a variable. Manually insert a double (or single) quote is not a problem, but how to use the universal way to not have to change the macro definitions? Is there another possibility to insert a macro parameter into a Lua variable than the use double or single quote?

Any "universal" alternative is unfortunately impossible: For example: \def\setseparatorC#1{\directlua{Sep=#1 }} ???

Thanx Jaroslav

Here is my minimal example:

\def\setseparatorA#1{\directlua{Sep="#1"}} \def\setseparatorB#1{\directlua{Sep='#1'}}

Untested. Try

\unprotect \def\setseparator#1{\directlua{sep=\!!bs#1\!!es}} \protect

Aditya