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| Date: | 08/07/08 |
| Author: | David Short |
| URL: | https://launchpad.net/~chameleondave |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Info: | http://www.latex-project.org/ |
| Score: |  (3.00 in 13 votes) |
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{memoir} %This doc class enables \numname
\usepackage{ifthen} %This enables conditionals
\newcounter{quantity}\setcounter{quantity}{99} %This lines up 99 bottles for us
\newcounter{rounds} %This allows us to count rounds
\newcommand{\s}{\ifthenelse{\equal{\thequantity}{1}}{}{s}} %This deals with pluralisation
\newcommand{\Howmany}{\ifthenelse{\equal{\thequantity}{0}}{No more}{\numtoName{\thequantity}}}
\newcommand{\howmany}{\ifthenelse{\equal{\thequantity}{0}}{no more}{\numtoname{\thequantity}}}
\begin{document}
\whiledo{\value{rounds}<1}{ %Change "1" this value to the number of times to sing the song
\par
\noindent
\Howmany\ bottle\s\ of beer on the wall,
\howmany\ bottle\s\ of beer.\\
\ifthenelse{\equal{\thequantity}{0}}
{Go to the store and buy some more,\addtocounter{quantity}{99}\addtocounter{rounds}{1}}
{Take one down and pass it around,\addtocounter{quantity}{-1}}
\howmany\ bottle\s\ of beer on the wall.\\
}
\end{document}
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