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On Thu, 21 Jan 93 11:31:58 EST you said:
>I have two questions.  The first is answered regularly on this net, but
>I never needed it before, so I haven't kept the solutions.  I don't
>think I've seen the second answered and, while I think I can do it, I am
>kind of pressed right now and don't want to reinvent wheels.  First, how
>to redefine \raggedright so that hyphenation is allowed and even
>encouraged?  This is for very narrow columns.  Second, how to output
>formatted numbers, so that with input either the actual number 1000 or
>a counter containing that number, the output will be 1,000.  The numbers
>I have are all four or five digits, but there is no reason it shouldn't
>be perfectly general.
>
>Michael Barr
(1) I do not remember the recommended settings, but the trick is to
define \rightskip 0pt plus30pt
for some suitable dimension (and not use fil)
(2) I habe not tested it, but try the following:
\newcount\a \newcount\b
\def\fnumber#1{\a=#1 \b=\a
     \divide\a by 1000 \the\a,\multiply\a by 1000 \advance\b by -\a \the\b}
\fnumber {12345}

Obviously this should be refined for 7-digit numbers, and for numbers under
1000 (\ifnum\a<1000) to avoid a leading zero

Peter


Peter Schmitt                             a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at
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