[NTG-context] Failing \doifemptyelse

[Willi Egger]

Hans, Wolfgang!

Thank you so much for your instructions! — This expansion thing is something I will probably never master ;-(

Thank you!
Kind regards
Willi

> On 24 Jun 2022, at 05:42, Wolfgang Schuster via ntg-context <ntg-context at ntg.nl> wrote:
> 
> Hans Hagen via ntg-context schrieb am 23.06.2022 um 23:00:
>> On 6/23/2022 9:16 PM, Willi Egger via ntg-context wrote:
>>> Good evening gurus!
>>> 
>>> Why is the minimal example failing? i.e. executing always the else-branch?
>>> 
>>> \setuppapersize[A6][A6]
>>> 
>>> \setvariables
>>>    [Test]
>>>    [Number=]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> \starttext
>>>    Value of variable Number before test: \getvariable{Test}{Number} \crlf
>>> 
>>>  \doifemptyelse{\getvariable{Test}{Number}}
>>>        {\dorecurse
>>>             {5}
>>>             {TEST}
>>>        }
>>>        {Nothing defined \par
>>>         Contents of variable Number: \getvariable{Test}{Number}
>>>        }
>>> 
>>> \stoptex
>> there's also
>> 
>> \doifelsevariable {Test} {Number}
>> 
>> that can be used
> 
> in this case
> 
> \doifelseemptyvariable{Test}{Number}{...}{...}
> 
> is the better choice
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
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