Latex - Apply an operation to every character in a string
- by hroest
Hi
I am using LaTeX and I have a problem concerning string manipulation.
I want to have an operation applied to every character of a string, specifically
I want to replace every character "x" with "\discretionary{}{}{}x". I want to do
this because I have a long string (DNA) which I want to be able to separate at
any point without hyphenation.
Thus I would like to have a command called "myDNA" that will do this for me instead of
inserting manually \discretionary{}{}{} after every character.
Is this possible? I have looked around the web and there wasnt much helpful
information on this topic (at least not any I could understand) and I hoped
that you could help.
--edit
To clarify:
What I want to see in the finished document is something like this:
the dna sequence is CTAAAGAAAACAGGACGATTAGATGAGCTTGAGAAAGCCATCACCACTCA
AATACTAAATGTGTTACCATACCAAGCACTTGCTCTGAAATTTGGGGACTGAGTACACCAAATACGATAG
ATCAGTGGGATACAACAGGCCTTTACAGCTTCTCTGAACAAACCAGGTCTCTTGATGGTCGTCTCCAGGT
ATCCCATCGAAAAGGATTGCCACATGTTATATATTGCCGATTATGGCGCTGGCCTGATCTTCACAGTCAT
CATGAACTCAAGGCAATTGAAAACTGCGAATATGCTTTTAATCTTAAAAAGGATGAAGTATGTGTAAACC
CTTACCACTATCAGAGAGTTGAGACACCAGTTTTGCCTCCAGTATTAGTGCCCCGACACACCGAGATCCT
AACAGAACTTCCGCCTCTGGATGACTATACTCACTCCATTCCAGAAAACACTAACTTCCCAGCAGGAATT
just plain linebreaks, without any hyphens. The DNA sequence will be one
long string without any spaces or anything but it can break at any point.
This is why my idea was to inesert a "\discretionary{}{}{}" after every
character, so that it can break at any point without inserting any hyphens.
