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ID	106🔗
Date:	2016-03-29 10:16:35
Status	Closed (Fixed)
Category	datatool
Version	2.25
Summary	Error is a command used in the assign list is equal to relax

Description

The following document gives an error if \lastname is equal to \relax.

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{datatool}

\begin{document}

\DTLnewdb{test}
\DTLnewrow{test}%
\DTLnewdbentry{test}{lastname}{fischer}
\DTLnewdbentry{test}{firstname}{ulrike}


%\csname lastname\endcsname
\let\lastname\relax


\DTLforeach{test}{%
 \lastname=lastname,\firstname=firstname}
 {\lastname, \firstname}

\end{document}

! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> ...elax \lastname =lastname,\firstname 
                                                  =firstname\relax \else \@d...

MWE

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\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{datatool}

\begin{document}

\DTLnewdb{test}
\DTLnewrow{test}%
\DTLnewdbentry{test}{lastname}{fischer}
\DTLnewdbentry{test}{firstname}{ulrike}


%\csname lastname\endcsname
\let\lastname\relax

\DTLforeach{test}{%
 \lastname=lastname,\firstname=firstname}
 {\lastname, \firstname}


\end{document}

Evaluation

Fixed in version 2.32 (2019-09-27).

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