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%% hyper.dtx  (with options: `defpattern')
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%% File: hyper.dtx Copyright (C) 1995 Michael Mehlich
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\def\filedate{1995/02/12}
\def\docdate{1995/02/12}
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\ProvidesPackage{defpattern}
\message{%
  `\string\defpattern-macro %
   (adapted from \string\howto\space%
    (Alan Jeffrey in TeX and TUG NEWS 2(2))%
   )%
  '%
}
\def\xcs#1#2{\expandafter#1\csname#2\endcsname}
\newcount\actioncount
\def\defpattern#1[#2]#3{%
  \xcs\ifx{\expandafter\gobble\string#1}\relax
  \def#1{\erroraction#1}\fi
  \advance\actioncount by 1\relax
  \expandafter\defaction\expandafter{#1}{#3}{#2}%
  \def\temp##1##2##3##4##5##6##7##8##9{\def\temp{[#2]}}%
  \temp\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty\empty
  \edef#1{\noexpand\doaction\xcs\noexpand
    {action-\the\actioncount}\temp}}
\def\defaction#1#2#3{%
  \xcs\def{action-\the\actioncount}##1[#3]{\applyto{#1}{#2}}}
\def\gobble#1{}
\def\applyto#1#2#3{#3{#1}{#2}}
\def\doaction#1[#2][#3]{#1[#3]\success[#2]\failure[#3]}
\def\success#1#2[#3]\failure[#4]{#2}
\def\failure#1#2{#1}
\def\erroraction#1[#2]{%
   \errmessage{I don't know how to \string#1[#2]}}
\endinput
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