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How can I separate the number from the unit in argument?



The Next CEO of Stack OverflowA macro that expands to the length of its argumentMeasuring the distance from text to the top of the pageHow to add a unit to a command argument?Extracting the basename from a filepath argumentWrapper for siunitx' SI macro to automatically split number and unitHow do I use an auxilliary file for my own commands?Is there an `ex` unit equivalent for the capital 'X' in LaTeXDuplicate and modify section hierarchyMultiple Choice Answer Key in exam package at the end of documentCan one use the Potrzebie unit system in (La)TeX?










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Let us say that I have a function, in which I give a number plus a unit. I would like to get only the number, is it possible ?



Here is a MWE:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc

newcommandcmd[1]#1 % change here to capture only the number.
begindocument
cmd12pt % print 12pt while I would get only 12, in a generic case.
enddocument









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  • documentclassarticle defcmd#1pt#1 begindocument cmd12pt enddocument

    – marmot
    3 hours ago












  • @marmot - That'll work for pt as the unit, but for em, mm, km, etc. :-)

    – Mico
    1 hour ago












  • @Mico Yes, I know. But it does answer the question.

    – marmot
    1 hour ago















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Let us say that I have a function, in which I give a number plus a unit. I would like to get only the number, is it possible ?



Here is a MWE:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc

newcommandcmd[1]#1 % change here to capture only the number.
begindocument
cmd12pt % print 12pt while I would get only 12, in a generic case.
enddocument









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  • documentclassarticle defcmd#1pt#1 begindocument cmd12pt enddocument

    – marmot
    3 hours ago












  • @marmot - That'll work for pt as the unit, but for em, mm, km, etc. :-)

    – Mico
    1 hour ago












  • @Mico Yes, I know. But it does answer the question.

    – marmot
    1 hour ago













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Let us say that I have a function, in which I give a number plus a unit. I would like to get only the number, is it possible ?



Here is a MWE:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc

newcommandcmd[1]#1 % change here to capture only the number.
begindocument
cmd12pt % print 12pt while I would get only 12, in a generic case.
enddocument









share|improve this question
















Let us say that I have a function, in which I give a number plus a unit. I would like to get only the number, is it possible ?



Here is a MWE:



documentclassarticle
usepackage[utf8]inputenc

newcommandcmd[1]#1 % change here to capture only the number.
begindocument
cmd12pt % print 12pt while I would get only 12, in a generic case.
enddocument






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  • documentclassarticle defcmd#1pt#1 begindocument cmd12pt enddocument

    – marmot
    3 hours ago












  • @marmot - That'll work for pt as the unit, but for em, mm, km, etc. :-)

    – Mico
    1 hour ago












  • @Mico Yes, I know. But it does answer the question.

    – marmot
    1 hour ago

















  • documentclassarticle defcmd#1pt#1 begindocument cmd12pt enddocument

    – marmot
    3 hours ago












  • @marmot - That'll work for pt as the unit, but for em, mm, km, etc. :-)

    – Mico
    1 hour ago












  • @Mico Yes, I know. But it does answer the question.

    – marmot
    1 hour ago
















documentclassarticle defcmd#1pt#1 begindocument cmd12pt enddocument

– marmot
3 hours ago






documentclassarticle defcmd#1pt#1 begindocument cmd12pt enddocument

– marmot
3 hours ago














@marmot - That'll work for pt as the unit, but for em, mm, km, etc. :-)

– Mico
1 hour ago






@marmot - That'll work for pt as the unit, but for em, mm, km, etc. :-)

– Mico
1 hour ago














@Mico Yes, I know. But it does answer the question.

– marmot
1 hour ago





@Mico Yes, I know. But it does answer the question.

– marmot
1 hour ago










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Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It sets up a LaTeX macro called cmd -- a "wrapper" -- that invokes a Lua function that does all of the work. The Lua function expects its argument to consist of two parts: the first part is numeric, i.e., consists of the digits 0 thru 9, plus possibly the characters ,, ., -, and +; the part second is alphabetic, i.e., uppercase and lowercase letters, plus possibly whitespace.



Per your typesetting objective, the function returns just the numeric, part. If the argument of cmd does not start with a numeric component, the prefix part is discarded as well. E.g., the output of argXX55km is 55, and the output of cmdkm is blank (empty).



enter image description here



% !TEX TS-program = lualatex
documentclassarticle
usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' environment
beginluacode
function get_num ( s )
tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub ( "([%d%.%,%-%+]*)([%a%s]*)" , "%1" ) ) )
end
endluacode
newcommandcmd[1]directluaget_num("#1") % "wrapper" macro

begindocument
cmd12pt, $cmd-47km$, cmd+5.7in, cmd3,14159CM
enddocument





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    Assuming the unit consists of two characters, you can do it in an expandable way:



    documentclassarticle
    usepackagexparse

    ExplSyntaxOn

    NewExpandableDocumentCommandgetnumberm

    tl_range:nnn #1 1 -3 % from the first to the last but two character


    ExplSyntaxOff

    begindocument

    getnumber12pt, $getnumber-47km$, getnumber+5.7in, getnumber3,14159CM

    enddocument


    enter image description here






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      pgf does that without the need to invoke external programs and converts the units into points.



      documentclassarticle
      usepackagepgf

      newcommandcmd[1]pgfmathparse#1pgfmathresult
      begindocument
      cmd12pt cmd1cm
      enddocument


      enter image description here



      Note that if you're bugged by the .0: this can easily be removed with pgfmathprintnumber[<your number format here>]pgfmathresult if you choose a number format that you like.






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        Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It sets up a LaTeX macro called cmd -- a "wrapper" -- that invokes a Lua function that does all of the work. The Lua function expects its argument to consist of two parts: the first part is numeric, i.e., consists of the digits 0 thru 9, plus possibly the characters ,, ., -, and +; the part second is alphabetic, i.e., uppercase and lowercase letters, plus possibly whitespace.



        Per your typesetting objective, the function returns just the numeric, part. If the argument of cmd does not start with a numeric component, the prefix part is discarded as well. E.g., the output of argXX55km is 55, and the output of cmdkm is blank (empty).



        enter image description here



        % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
        documentclassarticle
        usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' environment
        beginluacode
        function get_num ( s )
        tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub ( "([%d%.%,%-%+]*)([%a%s]*)" , "%1" ) ) )
        end
        endluacode
        newcommandcmd[1]directluaget_num("#1") % "wrapper" macro

        begindocument
        cmd12pt, $cmd-47km$, cmd+5.7in, cmd3,14159CM
        enddocument





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          Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It sets up a LaTeX macro called cmd -- a "wrapper" -- that invokes a Lua function that does all of the work. The Lua function expects its argument to consist of two parts: the first part is numeric, i.e., consists of the digits 0 thru 9, plus possibly the characters ,, ., -, and +; the part second is alphabetic, i.e., uppercase and lowercase letters, plus possibly whitespace.



          Per your typesetting objective, the function returns just the numeric, part. If the argument of cmd does not start with a numeric component, the prefix part is discarded as well. E.g., the output of argXX55km is 55, and the output of cmdkm is blank (empty).



          enter image description here



          % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
          documentclassarticle
          usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' environment
          beginluacode
          function get_num ( s )
          tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub ( "([%d%.%,%-%+]*)([%a%s]*)" , "%1" ) ) )
          end
          endluacode
          newcommandcmd[1]directluaget_num("#1") % "wrapper" macro

          begindocument
          cmd12pt, $cmd-47km$, cmd+5.7in, cmd3,14159CM
          enddocument





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            Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It sets up a LaTeX macro called cmd -- a "wrapper" -- that invokes a Lua function that does all of the work. The Lua function expects its argument to consist of two parts: the first part is numeric, i.e., consists of the digits 0 thru 9, plus possibly the characters ,, ., -, and +; the part second is alphabetic, i.e., uppercase and lowercase letters, plus possibly whitespace.



            Per your typesetting objective, the function returns just the numeric, part. If the argument of cmd does not start with a numeric component, the prefix part is discarded as well. E.g., the output of argXX55km is 55, and the output of cmdkm is blank (empty).



            enter image description here



            % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
            documentclassarticle
            usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' environment
            beginluacode
            function get_num ( s )
            tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub ( "([%d%.%,%-%+]*)([%a%s]*)" , "%1" ) ) )
            end
            endluacode
            newcommandcmd[1]directluaget_num("#1") % "wrapper" macro

            begindocument
            cmd12pt, $cmd-47km$, cmd+5.7in, cmd3,14159CM
            enddocument





            share|improve this answer















            Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It sets up a LaTeX macro called cmd -- a "wrapper" -- that invokes a Lua function that does all of the work. The Lua function expects its argument to consist of two parts: the first part is numeric, i.e., consists of the digits 0 thru 9, plus possibly the characters ,, ., -, and +; the part second is alphabetic, i.e., uppercase and lowercase letters, plus possibly whitespace.



            Per your typesetting objective, the function returns just the numeric, part. If the argument of cmd does not start with a numeric component, the prefix part is discarded as well. E.g., the output of argXX55km is 55, and the output of cmdkm is blank (empty).



            enter image description here



            % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
            documentclassarticle
            usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' environment
            beginluacode
            function get_num ( s )
            tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub ( "([%d%.%,%-%+]*)([%a%s]*)" , "%1" ) ) )
            end
            endluacode
            newcommandcmd[1]directluaget_num("#1") % "wrapper" macro

            begindocument
            cmd12pt, $cmd-47km$, cmd+5.7in, cmd3,14159CM
            enddocument






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                Assuming the unit consists of two characters, you can do it in an expandable way:



                documentclassarticle
                usepackagexparse

                ExplSyntaxOn

                NewExpandableDocumentCommandgetnumberm

                tl_range:nnn #1 1 -3 % from the first to the last but two character


                ExplSyntaxOff

                begindocument

                getnumber12pt, $getnumber-47km$, getnumber+5.7in, getnumber3,14159CM

                enddocument


                enter image description here






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                  Assuming the unit consists of two characters, you can do it in an expandable way:



                  documentclassarticle
                  usepackagexparse

                  ExplSyntaxOn

                  NewExpandableDocumentCommandgetnumberm

                  tl_range:nnn #1 1 -3 % from the first to the last but two character


                  ExplSyntaxOff

                  begindocument

                  getnumber12pt, $getnumber-47km$, getnumber+5.7in, getnumber3,14159CM

                  enddocument


                  enter image description here






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                    Assuming the unit consists of two characters, you can do it in an expandable way:



                    documentclassarticle
                    usepackagexparse

                    ExplSyntaxOn

                    NewExpandableDocumentCommandgetnumberm

                    tl_range:nnn #1 1 -3 % from the first to the last but two character


                    ExplSyntaxOff

                    begindocument

                    getnumber12pt, $getnumber-47km$, getnumber+5.7in, getnumber3,14159CM

                    enddocument


                    enter image description here






                    share|improve this answer













                    Assuming the unit consists of two characters, you can do it in an expandable way:



                    documentclassarticle
                    usepackagexparse

                    ExplSyntaxOn

                    NewExpandableDocumentCommandgetnumberm

                    tl_range:nnn #1 1 -3 % from the first to the last but two character


                    ExplSyntaxOff

                    begindocument

                    getnumber12pt, $getnumber-47km$, getnumber+5.7in, getnumber3,14159CM

                    enddocument


                    enter image description here







                    share|improve this answer












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                        pgf does that without the need to invoke external programs and converts the units into points.



                        documentclassarticle
                        usepackagepgf

                        newcommandcmd[1]pgfmathparse#1pgfmathresult
                        begindocument
                        cmd12pt cmd1cm
                        enddocument


                        enter image description here



                        Note that if you're bugged by the .0: this can easily be removed with pgfmathprintnumber[<your number format here>]pgfmathresult if you choose a number format that you like.






                        share|improve this answer



























                          1














                          pgf does that without the need to invoke external programs and converts the units into points.



                          documentclassarticle
                          usepackagepgf

                          newcommandcmd[1]pgfmathparse#1pgfmathresult
                          begindocument
                          cmd12pt cmd1cm
                          enddocument


                          enter image description here



                          Note that if you're bugged by the .0: this can easily be removed with pgfmathprintnumber[<your number format here>]pgfmathresult if you choose a number format that you like.






                          share|improve this answer

























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                            pgf does that without the need to invoke external programs and converts the units into points.



                            documentclassarticle
                            usepackagepgf

                            newcommandcmd[1]pgfmathparse#1pgfmathresult
                            begindocument
                            cmd12pt cmd1cm
                            enddocument


                            enter image description here



                            Note that if you're bugged by the .0: this can easily be removed with pgfmathprintnumber[<your number format here>]pgfmathresult if you choose a number format that you like.






                            share|improve this answer













                            pgf does that without the need to invoke external programs and converts the units into points.



                            documentclassarticle
                            usepackagepgf

                            newcommandcmd[1]pgfmathparse#1pgfmathresult
                            begindocument
                            cmd12pt cmd1cm
                            enddocument


                            enter image description here



                            Note that if you're bugged by the .0: this can easily be removed with pgfmathprintnumber[<your number format here>]pgfmathresult if you choose a number format that you like.







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