Joseph Wright wrote: > On 11/05/2011 20:03, Arno Trautmann wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> sorry for this rather trivial question, but at the moment it's driving >> me crazy … >> I just want to execute some code depending on the jobname. I found a >> solition by Donald Arsenau¹ that looks rather lengthy. So, I thought >> with LaTeX3, everything is easier. Now I tried this: >> >> \documentclass{minimal} >> \usepackage{expl3} >> \begin{document} >> \ExplSyntaxOn >> \tl_set:Nn\myjob{a} >> \tl_set:Nx\myjobii{\tl_to_str:N\myjob} >> \tl_if_eq:NNTF\myjobii\jobname{true}{false} >> \ExplSyntaxOff >> \end{document} >> >> because, based on Donald's post, I assumed that I need to have an “a” >> with catcode “other” for a successfull test. >> >> Now, calling >> lualatex --jobname=a test.tex >> always prints “false”. So – what is my mistake here and what would be >> the easiest way for such a test using expl3? >> >> cheers >> Arno > > The \jobname primitive is not a token list variable, so this test won't > work: you want \c_job_name_tl. Yes, I tried that, too, but it didn't work … but thanks. > However, I'd use the \str_if_eq:xxTF test > here, as you want a string comparison > > \documentclass{minimal} > \usepackage{expl3} > \begin{document} > \ExplSyntaxOn > \str_if_eq:nnTF{a}{\c_job_name_tl}{true}{false} > \ExplSyntaxOff > \end{document} > > (This will work with \jobname as well, but the 'official' interface to > that in LaTeX3 is \c_job_name_tl.) Your example fails, but the :no variant works in this case. However, I seem not to get it working for comparing a command to the jobname – what do I have to do to say \str_if_eq:nnTF{\myjobname}{\c_job_name_tl}{true}{false} I tried to use \tl_to_str in the argument of a \str_if_eq:ooTF, but that still results in false. cheers Arno