TeX/ifx

Synopsis \ifx \Macro1 \Macro2 <tex commands> \else <tex commands> \fi Description With the \ifx command you can perform conditional compilation by testing for macro equivalence. It does not expand the given macros. The two macros are considered equal if both are macros and the first level expansion is equal and they have the same state with regards to \long and \outer See also the command \def. Examples For example, let's say we define a new macro just to do conditional compilation: \def \myMacro {} Then we can use \ifx to check if this macro is defined or not. \ifx \myMacro \undefined This will be processed if myMacro is not defined. \else This will be processed if myMacro is defined. \fi See also on the use of this method for testing whether a macro is defined.