Re: constructing variables

[Urs Liska]

Am 19.06.2014 13:04, schrieb "Dr. med. Kai Lautenschläger":
> \version "2.19.7"
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> is it possible to construct variables from others? I want to construct
>
> \tempo "Text" 4=80
>
> from the variables
>
> tempoText = "Text" and
> tempoNumber = "4=80"
>
> that are defined at two different places in a complicated file structure 
> (\include)
>
> I tried:
>
> \version "2.19.7"
> tempoText = "Text" and
> tempoNumber = "4=80"
> {
>         \tempo \tempoText \tempoNumber
>         a4
> }
>
> with an without quotation marks, but nothing worked. I suppose I just can’t see 
> the obvious and just looked for the wrong keywords in the documentation. Can 
> anyone point me in the right direction.
>
> Thanks

Wrap the \tempo expression in a \markup.

Does

\tempo \markup { \tempoText \tempoNumber }

give you what you want?

HTH
Urs


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