Re: [REAL HACKER'S QUIZ]

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From: Peter Schmitt, Vienna
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 15:17

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In article <ORLOFF.92Oct29192755@surya4.cern.ch>, orloff@surya4.cern.ch (Jean Orloff) writes:
  > Let me rephrase the heart of my problem: suppose I have a control
  > sequence \text containg a_11, b_11, {_1, c_11, }_2. How would I change
  > the catcodes of the inner braces???
  > 
use \show\text !

\def\convert#1{\expandafter\Convert\show#1\endtext}
\def\Convert#1->#2\endtext{#2}

then \convert\text should expand to a text made of other characters and spaces

(I did not test the definitions above, but the method should be clear
Hope this helps!)

Peter

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Peter Schmitt                           a8131dal@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at  
Institute of Mathematics 
University of Vienna                                  schmitt@awirap.bitnet

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From: schmitt@apap4.pap.univie.ac.at (Peter Schmitt, Vienna)
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Subject: Re: [REAL HACKER'S QUIZ] 
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