Command/recurselevel

Syntax (autogenerated)

\recurselevel

Syntax

\recurselevel

Description

The iteration count in a \dorecurse, \dostepwiserecurse or \doloop block.

Example

• Counting up slow:
  \dorecurse{10}
      {\recurselevel...\ }
  
  Counting down fast:
  \dostepwiserecurse{10}{1}{-2}
      {\recurselevel...\ }
  Counting stopped.
  
  Counting up to 3:
  \doloop{
      \ifnum \recurselevel=3 
          \exitloop % exit at end of current iteration
      \fi
      \recurselevel!
  }
  

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See also

• ConTeXt and Lua programming/Tutorials/System Macros/Loops and Recursion
• Looping a fixed number of times
  • \dorecurse for iterating from 1 to n.
  • \dostepwiserecurse for iteration with arbitrary start, end, and step.
  • \recurselevel for the iteration number.
  • \recursedepth for the iteration depth, in the case of nested \dorecurse and co.
• 'While' loops with exit conditions
  • \doloop for a loop that repeats until exited.
  • \exitloop to exit a loop.
  • \exitloopnow to immediately exit a loop.
  • \recurselevel to know which iteration the loop is in.
  • \recursedepth to know how many nested loops deep we are.
• \input is also often used to produce dummy text.
• LuaTeX for heavier-duty looping and iterating.

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