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Extract more than nine arguments that occur periodically in a sentence to use in macros in order to typset


How to define a command that takes more than 9 argumentsmacros that won't accept other macros as argumentsusing more than 2 arguments in a pgfplots styleUsing mathpalette with macros that take more argumentsUsing forcsvlist with macros that take more than one argumentHow to define a command that takes more than 18 argumentsHow to create a macro that creates other macros (that takes arguments)?How to create a table macro that takes more than 10 argumentsMacro with more than 9 argumentsDifferent command definitions with more than one optional arguments arguments













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What is a good way to write a definition of the type fun below



funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ...



where the number of arguments is not known in advance, may be 1, or may be more than 9, like 12, and the result is as below



abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ...




Assume for answers form is same type as newcommandform[1]emph#1. But delay expansion until the end. Just in case.




Probably requires several nested def cases taking two variables each and a if to decide when to halt the loop ... like when allowing more than 9 arguments to a macro? Or use etoolbox for something better?



If separator words efg jkl are not the same from one place to the next, certain they they are of some specific length, assume efg jkl <=> always 9 characters separating one input from the next. While abc EDF xyz are of different lengths possibly, but always three separate words.




CLARIFICATION: The xyz can be arbitrary. But the sentence is periodic in that the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th word is form wrapped. If it exists. At least 3 words exists. But can be 3, and if not 3 then 8, and if not 8 then 13, as long as needed, ends when no separator behind three words which can all differ ... The separator " efg jkl " does repeat with certainty however and can be caught to parse.











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  • funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12, etc, equally possible. Some kind of loop required. But note that there would not appear any numbers in the input phrase; the numbers are here to illustrate how long happens to be the list. Just the list is always entered as a specific kind of sentence.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago












  • Splitting such an input at spaces is easy, and testing for some regular expression too (with expl3) but your description is a bit confusing.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 hours ago











  • Without knowing the rules for applying form it's really difficult to answer.

    – egreg
    2 hours ago











  • Suppose it's emph but delayed expansion until abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... stage reached is preferred. If not possible, then simply assume emph strictly speaking and can be expanded during each loop, though not as general.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago











  • @GuidoJorg I'm not asking what form should do, but to which parts it should be applied. Some real world examples might help to understand. As the question stands, it's impossible to guess.

    – egreg
    1 hour ago
















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What is a good way to write a definition of the type fun below



funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ...



where the number of arguments is not known in advance, may be 1, or may be more than 9, like 12, and the result is as below



abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ...




Assume for answers form is same type as newcommandform[1]emph#1. But delay expansion until the end. Just in case.




Probably requires several nested def cases taking two variables each and a if to decide when to halt the loop ... like when allowing more than 9 arguments to a macro? Or use etoolbox for something better?



If separator words efg jkl are not the same from one place to the next, certain they they are of some specific length, assume efg jkl <=> always 9 characters separating one input from the next. While abc EDF xyz are of different lengths possibly, but always three separate words.




CLARIFICATION: The xyz can be arbitrary. But the sentence is periodic in that the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th word is form wrapped. If it exists. At least 3 words exists. But can be 3, and if not 3 then 8, and if not 8 then 13, as long as needed, ends when no separator behind three words which can all differ ... The separator " efg jkl " does repeat with certainty however and can be caught to parse.











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  • funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12, etc, equally possible. Some kind of loop required. But note that there would not appear any numbers in the input phrase; the numbers are here to illustrate how long happens to be the list. Just the list is always entered as a specific kind of sentence.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago












  • Splitting such an input at spaces is easy, and testing for some regular expression too (with expl3) but your description is a bit confusing.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 hours ago











  • Without knowing the rules for applying form it's really difficult to answer.

    – egreg
    2 hours ago











  • Suppose it's emph but delayed expansion until abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... stage reached is preferred. If not possible, then simply assume emph strictly speaking and can be expanded during each loop, though not as general.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago











  • @GuidoJorg I'm not asking what form should do, but to which parts it should be applied. Some real world examples might help to understand. As the question stands, it's impossible to guess.

    – egreg
    1 hour ago














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What is a good way to write a definition of the type fun below



funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ...



where the number of arguments is not known in advance, may be 1, or may be more than 9, like 12, and the result is as below



abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ...




Assume for answers form is same type as newcommandform[1]emph#1. But delay expansion until the end. Just in case.




Probably requires several nested def cases taking two variables each and a if to decide when to halt the loop ... like when allowing more than 9 arguments to a macro? Or use etoolbox for something better?



If separator words efg jkl are not the same from one place to the next, certain they they are of some specific length, assume efg jkl <=> always 9 characters separating one input from the next. While abc EDF xyz are of different lengths possibly, but always three separate words.




CLARIFICATION: The xyz can be arbitrary. But the sentence is periodic in that the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th word is form wrapped. If it exists. At least 3 words exists. But can be 3, and if not 3 then 8, and if not 8 then 13, as long as needed, ends when no separator behind three words which can all differ ... The separator " efg jkl " does repeat with certainty however and can be caught to parse.











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What is a good way to write a definition of the type fun below



funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ...



where the number of arguments is not known in advance, may be 1, or may be more than 9, like 12, and the result is as below



abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ...




Assume for answers form is same type as newcommandform[1]emph#1. But delay expansion until the end. Just in case.




Probably requires several nested def cases taking two variables each and a if to decide when to halt the loop ... like when allowing more than 9 arguments to a macro? Or use etoolbox for something better?



If separator words efg jkl are not the same from one place to the next, certain they they are of some specific length, assume efg jkl <=> always 9 characters separating one input from the next. While abc EDF xyz are of different lengths possibly, but always three separate words.




CLARIFICATION: The xyz can be arbitrary. But the sentence is periodic in that the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th word is form wrapped. If it exists. At least 3 words exists. But can be 3, and if not 3 then 8, and if not 8 then 13, as long as needed, ends when no separator behind three words which can all differ ... The separator " efg jkl " does repeat with certainty however and can be caught to parse.








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  • funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12, etc, equally possible. Some kind of loop required. But note that there would not appear any numbers in the input phrase; the numbers are here to illustrate how long happens to be the list. Just the list is always entered as a specific kind of sentence.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago












  • Splitting such an input at spaces is easy, and testing for some regular expression too (with expl3) but your description is a bit confusing.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 hours ago











  • Without knowing the rules for applying form it's really difficult to answer.

    – egreg
    2 hours ago











  • Suppose it's emph but delayed expansion until abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... stage reached is preferred. If not possible, then simply assume emph strictly speaking and can be expanded during each loop, though not as general.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago











  • @GuidoJorg I'm not asking what form should do, but to which parts it should be applied. Some real world examples might help to understand. As the question stands, it's impossible to guess.

    – egreg
    1 hour ago


















  • funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12, etc, equally possible. Some kind of loop required. But note that there would not appear any numbers in the input phrase; the numbers are here to illustrate how long happens to be the list. Just the list is always entered as a specific kind of sentence.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago












  • Splitting such an input at spaces is easy, and testing for some regular expression too (with expl3) but your description is a bit confusing.

    – Ulrike Fischer
    2 hours ago











  • Without knowing the rules for applying form it's really difficult to answer.

    – egreg
    2 hours ago











  • Suppose it's emph but delayed expansion until abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... stage reached is preferred. If not possible, then simply assume emph strictly speaking and can be expanded during each loop, though not as general.

    – Guido Jorg
    2 hours ago











  • @GuidoJorg I'm not asking what form should do, but to which parts it should be applied. Some real world examples might help to understand. As the question stands, it's impossible to guess.

    – egreg
    1 hour ago

















funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12, etc, equally possible. Some kind of loop required. But note that there would not appear any numbers in the input phrase; the numbers are here to illustrate how long happens to be the list. Just the list is always entered as a specific kind of sentence.

– Guido Jorg
2 hours ago






funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 and funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12, etc, equally possible. Some kind of loop required. But note that there would not appear any numbers in the input phrase; the numbers are here to illustrate how long happens to be the list. Just the list is always entered as a specific kind of sentence.

– Guido Jorg
2 hours ago














Splitting such an input at spaces is easy, and testing for some regular expression too (with expl3) but your description is a bit confusing.

– Ulrike Fischer
2 hours ago





Splitting such an input at spaces is easy, and testing for some regular expression too (with expl3) but your description is a bit confusing.

– Ulrike Fischer
2 hours ago













Without knowing the rules for applying form it's really difficult to answer.

– egreg
2 hours ago





Without knowing the rules for applying form it's really difficult to answer.

– egreg
2 hours ago













Suppose it's emph but delayed expansion until abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... stage reached is preferred. If not possible, then simply assume emph strictly speaking and can be expanded during each loop, though not as general.

– Guido Jorg
2 hours ago





Suppose it's emph but delayed expansion until abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... stage reached is preferred. If not possible, then simply assume emph strictly speaking and can be expanded during each loop, though not as general.

– Guido Jorg
2 hours ago













@GuidoJorg I'm not asking what form should do, but to which parts it should be applied. Some real world examples might help to understand. As the question stands, it's impossible to guess.

– egreg
1 hour ago






@GuidoJorg I'm not asking what form should do, but to which parts it should be applied. Some real world examples might help to understand. As the question stands, it's impossible to guess.

– egreg
1 hour ago











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documentclassarticle
usepackagexparse

ExplSyntaxOn
NewDocumentCommandfunm

% split the input at the spaces
seq_set_split:Nnn l_tmpa_seq ~ #1
% use a counter for knowing where we are
int_zero:N l_tmpa_int
% map the sequence
seq_map_inline:Nn l_tmpa_seq
% one more step
int_incr:N l_tmpa_int
int_compare:nTF int_mod:nn l_tmpa_int - 3 5 = 0
% if we're at the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13th, ... item, apply form
form ##1

% otherwise just deliver the item
##1

% if not at the last, add a space
int_compare:nT l_tmpa_int < seq_count:N l_tmpa_seq ~


ExplSyntaxOff

NewDocumentCommandformmemph#1

begindocument

raggedright

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doctrina philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent ea Latinis
litteris mandaremus fore ut hic noster labor in varias
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Postremo aliquos futuros suspicor qui me ad alias litteras
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et dignitatis esse negent

enddocument


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    The listofitems package can grab these inputs very easily, preserving the original tokens without expansion.



    documentclassarticle
    usepackage[T1]fontenc
    usepackagelistofitems,tabto
    newcommandform[1]emph#1
    newcommandfun[1]%
    setsepchar %
    readlistfunlist#1%
    foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
    Argument xcnt istabto1.3in``detokenizeexpandafterx'':
    tabto2.5inxpar
    %

    begindocument
    funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
    efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
    EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
    EDF2 formxyz4 ...
    enddocument


    enter image description here



    If you need multi-layer parsing, say that efg jkl is the trigger to separate larger subgroups of arguments, then we have the following (note: efg jkl is not considered an argument, but an argument separator):



    documentclassarticle
    usepackage[T1]fontenc
    usepackagelistofitems,tabto
    newcommandform[1]emph#1
    newcommandfun[1]%
    setsepcharefg jkl/ %
    readlist*funlist#1%
    foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
    foreachitemyinfunlist[xcnt]%
    Group xcnt sub-argument ycnt istabto2in``detokenize
    expandafterexpandafterexpandafterfunlist[xcnt,ycnt]'':
    tabto3.2infunlist[xcnt,ycnt]par
    %

    begindocument
    funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
    efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
    EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
    EDF2 formxyz4 ...
    enddocument


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    • Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

      – Guido Jorg
      1 hour ago












    • @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

      – Steven B. Segletes
      1 hour ago











    • @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

      – Steven B. Segletes
      1 hour ago












    • The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

      – Guido Jorg
      1 hour ago












    • @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

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      1 hour ago


















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    Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It employs Lua's powerful string.gsub function to the argument of the fun macro, to encase the third word of each group of five words -- where "word" is any combination of characters and digits delimited by whitespace -- in the argument of fun in a form... "wrapper".



    Because luastringN (where N stands for "no expansion") is used in the argument of fun, the argument of fun is not expaneded prior to being passed to the Lua function that does all of the work.



    enter image description here



    % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
    documentclassarticle
    usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' env. and `luastringN` macro

    %% Lua-side code
    beginluacode


    function do_fun ( s )
    tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub (
    "(%w+%s*%w+%s*)(%w+)(%s*%w+%s*%w+%s-)" ,
    "%1\form%2%3" ) ) )
    end


    endluacode

    %% TeX-side code
    newcommandfun[1]directluado_fun(luastringN#1)
    newcommandform[1]emph#1

    begindocument

    noindent
    funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl
    abc4 EDF4 xyz4 efg jkl abc5 EDF5 xyz5 efg jkl abc6 EDF6 xyz6 efg jkl
    abc7 EDF7 xyz7 efg jkl abc8 EDF8 xyz8 efg jkl abc9 EDF9 xyz9 efg jkl
    abc10 EDF10 xyz10 efg jkl abc11 EDF11 xyz11 efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12 efg jkl
    abc13 EDF13 xyz13 efg jkl abc14 EDF14 xyz14 efg jkl abc15 EDF15 xyz15 efg jkl
    abc16 EDF16 xyz16 efg jkl abc17 EDF17 xyz17 efg jkl
    enddocument





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    • Probably cannot use for a journal but LuaLaTex solutions are very elegant. I will look at LuaTex some more for personal use, have not used it much before.

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      1 hour ago











    • @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

      – Mico
      1 hour ago










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    documentclassarticle
    usepackagexparse

    ExplSyntaxOn
    NewDocumentCommandfunm

    % split the input at the spaces
    seq_set_split:Nnn l_tmpa_seq ~ #1
    % use a counter for knowing where we are
    int_zero:N l_tmpa_int
    % map the sequence
    seq_map_inline:Nn l_tmpa_seq
    % one more step
    int_incr:N l_tmpa_int
    int_compare:nTF int_mod:nn l_tmpa_int - 3 5 = 0
    % if we're at the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13th, ... item, apply form
    form ##1

    % otherwise just deliver the item
    ##1

    % if not at the last, add a space
    int_compare:nT l_tmpa_int < seq_count:N l_tmpa_seq ~


    ExplSyntaxOff

    NewDocumentCommandformmemph#1

    begindocument

    raggedright

    funNon eram nescius Brute cum quae summis ingeniis exquisitaque
    doctrina philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent ea Latinis
    litteris mandaremus fore ut hic noster labor in varias
    reprehensiones incurreret Nam quibusdam et iis quidem non
    admodum indoctis totum hoc displicet philosophari Quidam
    autem non tam id reprehendunt si remissius agatur sed tantum
    studium tamque multam operam ponendam in eo non arbitrantur
    Erunt etiam et ii quidem eruditi Graecis litteris contemnentes
    Latinas qui se dicant in Graecis legendis operam malle consumere
    Postremo aliquos futuros suspicor qui me ad alias litteras
    vocent genus hoc scribendi etsi sit elegans personae tamen
    et dignitatis esse negent

    enddocument


    enter image description here






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      documentclassarticle
      usepackagexparse

      ExplSyntaxOn
      NewDocumentCommandfunm

      % split the input at the spaces
      seq_set_split:Nnn l_tmpa_seq ~ #1
      % use a counter for knowing where we are
      int_zero:N l_tmpa_int
      % map the sequence
      seq_map_inline:Nn l_tmpa_seq
      % one more step
      int_incr:N l_tmpa_int
      int_compare:nTF int_mod:nn l_tmpa_int - 3 5 = 0
      % if we're at the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13th, ... item, apply form
      form ##1

      % otherwise just deliver the item
      ##1

      % if not at the last, add a space
      int_compare:nT l_tmpa_int < seq_count:N l_tmpa_seq ~


      ExplSyntaxOff

      NewDocumentCommandformmemph#1

      begindocument

      raggedright

      funNon eram nescius Brute cum quae summis ingeniis exquisitaque
      doctrina philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent ea Latinis
      litteris mandaremus fore ut hic noster labor in varias
      reprehensiones incurreret Nam quibusdam et iis quidem non
      admodum indoctis totum hoc displicet philosophari Quidam
      autem non tam id reprehendunt si remissius agatur sed tantum
      studium tamque multam operam ponendam in eo non arbitrantur
      Erunt etiam et ii quidem eruditi Graecis litteris contemnentes
      Latinas qui se dicant in Graecis legendis operam malle consumere
      Postremo aliquos futuros suspicor qui me ad alias litteras
      vocent genus hoc scribendi etsi sit elegans personae tamen
      et dignitatis esse negent

      enddocument


      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer

























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        documentclassarticle
        usepackagexparse

        ExplSyntaxOn
        NewDocumentCommandfunm

        % split the input at the spaces
        seq_set_split:Nnn l_tmpa_seq ~ #1
        % use a counter for knowing where we are
        int_zero:N l_tmpa_int
        % map the sequence
        seq_map_inline:Nn l_tmpa_seq
        % one more step
        int_incr:N l_tmpa_int
        int_compare:nTF int_mod:nn l_tmpa_int - 3 5 = 0
        % if we're at the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13th, ... item, apply form
        form ##1

        % otherwise just deliver the item
        ##1

        % if not at the last, add a space
        int_compare:nT l_tmpa_int < seq_count:N l_tmpa_seq ~


        ExplSyntaxOff

        NewDocumentCommandformmemph#1

        begindocument

        raggedright

        funNon eram nescius Brute cum quae summis ingeniis exquisitaque
        doctrina philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent ea Latinis
        litteris mandaremus fore ut hic noster labor in varias
        reprehensiones incurreret Nam quibusdam et iis quidem non
        admodum indoctis totum hoc displicet philosophari Quidam
        autem non tam id reprehendunt si remissius agatur sed tantum
        studium tamque multam operam ponendam in eo non arbitrantur
        Erunt etiam et ii quidem eruditi Graecis litteris contemnentes
        Latinas qui se dicant in Graecis legendis operam malle consumere
        Postremo aliquos futuros suspicor qui me ad alias litteras
        vocent genus hoc scribendi etsi sit elegans personae tamen
        et dignitatis esse negent

        enddocument


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer













        documentclassarticle
        usepackagexparse

        ExplSyntaxOn
        NewDocumentCommandfunm

        % split the input at the spaces
        seq_set_split:Nnn l_tmpa_seq ~ #1
        % use a counter for knowing where we are
        int_zero:N l_tmpa_int
        % map the sequence
        seq_map_inline:Nn l_tmpa_seq
        % one more step
        int_incr:N l_tmpa_int
        int_compare:nTF int_mod:nn l_tmpa_int - 3 5 = 0
        % if we're at the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13th, ... item, apply form
        form ##1

        % otherwise just deliver the item
        ##1

        % if not at the last, add a space
        int_compare:nT l_tmpa_int < seq_count:N l_tmpa_seq ~


        ExplSyntaxOff

        NewDocumentCommandformmemph#1

        begindocument

        raggedright

        funNon eram nescius Brute cum quae summis ingeniis exquisitaque
        doctrina philosophi Graeco sermone tractavissent ea Latinis
        litteris mandaremus fore ut hic noster labor in varias
        reprehensiones incurreret Nam quibusdam et iis quidem non
        admodum indoctis totum hoc displicet philosophari Quidam
        autem non tam id reprehendunt si remissius agatur sed tantum
        studium tamque multam operam ponendam in eo non arbitrantur
        Erunt etiam et ii quidem eruditi Graecis litteris contemnentes
        Latinas qui se dicant in Graecis legendis operam malle consumere
        Postremo aliquos futuros suspicor qui me ad alias litteras
        vocent genus hoc scribendi etsi sit elegans personae tamen
        et dignitatis esse negent

        enddocument


        enter image description here







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        answered 1 hour ago









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            The listofitems package can grab these inputs very easily, preserving the original tokens without expansion.



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepchar %
            readlistfunlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            Argument xcnt istabto1.3in``detokenizeexpandafterx'':
            tabto2.5inxpar
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here



            If you need multi-layer parsing, say that efg jkl is the trigger to separate larger subgroups of arguments, then we have the following (note: efg jkl is not considered an argument, but an argument separator):



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepcharefg jkl/ %
            readlist*funlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            foreachitemyinfunlist[xcnt]%
            Group xcnt sub-argument ycnt istabto2in``detokenize
            expandafterexpandafterexpandafterfunlist[xcnt,ycnt]'':
            tabto3.2infunlist[xcnt,ycnt]par
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer

























            • Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago












            • The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago















            2














            The listofitems package can grab these inputs very easily, preserving the original tokens without expansion.



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepchar %
            readlistfunlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            Argument xcnt istabto1.3in``detokenizeexpandafterx'':
            tabto2.5inxpar
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here



            If you need multi-layer parsing, say that efg jkl is the trigger to separate larger subgroups of arguments, then we have the following (note: efg jkl is not considered an argument, but an argument separator):



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepcharefg jkl/ %
            readlist*funlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            foreachitemyinfunlist[xcnt]%
            Group xcnt sub-argument ycnt istabto2in``detokenize
            expandafterexpandafterexpandafterfunlist[xcnt,ycnt]'':
            tabto3.2infunlist[xcnt,ycnt]par
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer

























            • Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago












            • The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago













            2












            2








            2







            The listofitems package can grab these inputs very easily, preserving the original tokens without expansion.



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepchar %
            readlistfunlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            Argument xcnt istabto1.3in``detokenizeexpandafterx'':
            tabto2.5inxpar
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here



            If you need multi-layer parsing, say that efg jkl is the trigger to separate larger subgroups of arguments, then we have the following (note: efg jkl is not considered an argument, but an argument separator):



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepcharefg jkl/ %
            readlist*funlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            foreachitemyinfunlist[xcnt]%
            Group xcnt sub-argument ycnt istabto2in``detokenize
            expandafterexpandafterexpandafterfunlist[xcnt,ycnt]'':
            tabto3.2infunlist[xcnt,ycnt]par
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer















            The listofitems package can grab these inputs very easily, preserving the original tokens without expansion.



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepchar %
            readlistfunlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            Argument xcnt istabto1.3in``detokenizeexpandafterx'':
            tabto2.5inxpar
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here



            If you need multi-layer parsing, say that efg jkl is the trigger to separate larger subgroups of arguments, then we have the following (note: efg jkl is not considered an argument, but an argument separator):



            documentclassarticle
            usepackage[T1]fontenc
            usepackagelistofitems,tabto
            newcommandform[1]emph#1
            newcommandfun[1]%
            setsepcharefg jkl/ %
            readlist*funlist#1%
            foreachitemxinfunlist[]%
            foreachitemyinfunlist[xcnt]%
            Group xcnt sub-argument ycnt istabto2in``detokenize
            expandafterexpandafterexpandafterfunlist[xcnt,ycnt]'':
            tabto3.2infunlist[xcnt,ycnt]par
            %

            begindocument
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3
            efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2
            EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4
            EDF2 formxyz4 ...
            enddocument


            enter image description here







            share|improve this answer














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            edited 1 hour ago

























            answered 2 hours ago









            Steven B. SegletesSteven B. Segletes

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            • Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago












            • The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago

















            • Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago












            • The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago












            • @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

              – Steven B. Segletes
              1 hour ago
















            Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

            – Guido Jorg
            1 hour ago






            Can you say how to get a sentence in one line to occur, rather than a list? Of the rightmost list in the image? (Also for learning how to write such macros, how does listofitems pull this off, can you suggest? I assume it checks ifx style whether the argument separator occurs or not to decide to loop and relies on a def that that takes one argument and has two cases ... Or calls a package with check for ifempty?)

            – Guido Jorg
            1 hour ago














            @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

            – Steven B. Segletes
            1 hour ago





            @GuidoJorg To learn about the package: ctan.org/pkg/listofitems

            – Steven B. Segletes
            1 hour ago













            @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

            – Steven B. Segletes
            1 hour ago






            @GuidoJorg As to your request, to make a sentence of the right hand column is not really to parse the list at all, but just to typeset the argument. So could you clarify what you are asking?

            – Steven B. Segletes
            1 hour ago














            The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

            – Guido Jorg
            1 hour ago






            The result looking for is what would be printed had abc1 EDF1 formxyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 formxyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 formxyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 formxyz4 ... been entered manually. When in fact funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl abc4 EDF2 xyz4 ... was entered manually. Though the knowledge of how to parse the list completely is useful to know, as is the package, didn't know about it :)

            – Guido Jorg
            1 hour ago














            @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

            – Steven B. Segletes
            1 hour ago





            @GuidoJorg If I understand what you are asking, the macro looks for anything starting with the letters xyz in order to decide whether or not to apply form to it??

            – Steven B. Segletes
            1 hour ago











            2














            Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It employs Lua's powerful string.gsub function to the argument of the fun macro, to encase the third word of each group of five words -- where "word" is any combination of characters and digits delimited by whitespace -- in the argument of fun in a form... "wrapper".



            Because luastringN (where N stands for "no expansion") is used in the argument of fun, the argument of fun is not expaneded prior to being passed to the Lua function that does all of the work.



            enter image description here



            % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
            documentclassarticle
            usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' env. and `luastringN` macro

            %% Lua-side code
            beginluacode


            function do_fun ( s )
            tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub (
            "(%w+%s*%w+%s*)(%w+)(%s*%w+%s*%w+%s-)" ,
            "%1\form%2%3" ) ) )
            end


            endluacode

            %% TeX-side code
            newcommandfun[1]directluado_fun(luastringN#1)
            newcommandform[1]emph#1

            begindocument

            noindent
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl
            abc4 EDF4 xyz4 efg jkl abc5 EDF5 xyz5 efg jkl abc6 EDF6 xyz6 efg jkl
            abc7 EDF7 xyz7 efg jkl abc8 EDF8 xyz8 efg jkl abc9 EDF9 xyz9 efg jkl
            abc10 EDF10 xyz10 efg jkl abc11 EDF11 xyz11 efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12 efg jkl
            abc13 EDF13 xyz13 efg jkl abc14 EDF14 xyz14 efg jkl abc15 EDF15 xyz15 efg jkl
            abc16 EDF16 xyz16 efg jkl abc17 EDF17 xyz17 efg jkl
            enddocument





            share|improve this answer

























            • Probably cannot use for a journal but LuaLaTex solutions are very elegant. I will look at LuaTex some more for personal use, have not used it much before.

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

              – Mico
              1 hour ago















            2














            Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It employs Lua's powerful string.gsub function to the argument of the fun macro, to encase the third word of each group of five words -- where "word" is any combination of characters and digits delimited by whitespace -- in the argument of fun in a form... "wrapper".



            Because luastringN (where N stands for "no expansion") is used in the argument of fun, the argument of fun is not expaneded prior to being passed to the Lua function that does all of the work.



            enter image description here



            % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
            documentclassarticle
            usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' env. and `luastringN` macro

            %% Lua-side code
            beginluacode


            function do_fun ( s )
            tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub (
            "(%w+%s*%w+%s*)(%w+)(%s*%w+%s*%w+%s-)" ,
            "%1\form%2%3" ) ) )
            end


            endluacode

            %% TeX-side code
            newcommandfun[1]directluado_fun(luastringN#1)
            newcommandform[1]emph#1

            begindocument

            noindent
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl
            abc4 EDF4 xyz4 efg jkl abc5 EDF5 xyz5 efg jkl abc6 EDF6 xyz6 efg jkl
            abc7 EDF7 xyz7 efg jkl abc8 EDF8 xyz8 efg jkl abc9 EDF9 xyz9 efg jkl
            abc10 EDF10 xyz10 efg jkl abc11 EDF11 xyz11 efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12 efg jkl
            abc13 EDF13 xyz13 efg jkl abc14 EDF14 xyz14 efg jkl abc15 EDF15 xyz15 efg jkl
            abc16 EDF16 xyz16 efg jkl abc17 EDF17 xyz17 efg jkl
            enddocument





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              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

              – Mico
              1 hour ago













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            Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It employs Lua's powerful string.gsub function to the argument of the fun macro, to encase the third word of each group of five words -- where "word" is any combination of characters and digits delimited by whitespace -- in the argument of fun in a form... "wrapper".



            Because luastringN (where N stands for "no expansion") is used in the argument of fun, the argument of fun is not expaneded prior to being passed to the Lua function that does all of the work.



            enter image description here



            % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
            documentclassarticle
            usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' env. and `luastringN` macro

            %% Lua-side code
            beginluacode


            function do_fun ( s )
            tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub (
            "(%w+%s*%w+%s*)(%w+)(%s*%w+%s*%w+%s-)" ,
            "%1\form%2%3" ) ) )
            end


            endluacode

            %% TeX-side code
            newcommandfun[1]directluado_fun(luastringN#1)
            newcommandform[1]emph#1

            begindocument

            noindent
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl
            abc4 EDF4 xyz4 efg jkl abc5 EDF5 xyz5 efg jkl abc6 EDF6 xyz6 efg jkl
            abc7 EDF7 xyz7 efg jkl abc8 EDF8 xyz8 efg jkl abc9 EDF9 xyz9 efg jkl
            abc10 EDF10 xyz10 efg jkl abc11 EDF11 xyz11 efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12 efg jkl
            abc13 EDF13 xyz13 efg jkl abc14 EDF14 xyz14 efg jkl abc15 EDF15 xyz15 efg jkl
            abc16 EDF16 xyz16 efg jkl abc17 EDF17 xyz17 efg jkl
            enddocument





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            Here's a LuaLaTeX-based solution. It employs Lua's powerful string.gsub function to the argument of the fun macro, to encase the third word of each group of five words -- where "word" is any combination of characters and digits delimited by whitespace -- in the argument of fun in a form... "wrapper".



            Because luastringN (where N stands for "no expansion") is used in the argument of fun, the argument of fun is not expaneded prior to being passed to the Lua function that does all of the work.



            enter image description here



            % !TEX TS-program = lualatex
            documentclassarticle
            usepackageluacode % for 'luacode' env. and `luastringN` macro

            %% Lua-side code
            beginluacode


            function do_fun ( s )
            tex.sprint ( ( s:gsub (
            "(%w+%s*%w+%s*)(%w+)(%s*%w+%s*%w+%s-)" ,
            "%1\form%2%3" ) ) )
            end


            endluacode

            %% TeX-side code
            newcommandfun[1]directluado_fun(luastringN#1)
            newcommandform[1]emph#1

            begindocument

            noindent
            funabc1 EDF1 xyz1 efg jkl abc2 EDF2 xyz2 efg jkl abc3 EDF3 xyz3 efg jkl
            abc4 EDF4 xyz4 efg jkl abc5 EDF5 xyz5 efg jkl abc6 EDF6 xyz6 efg jkl
            abc7 EDF7 xyz7 efg jkl abc8 EDF8 xyz8 efg jkl abc9 EDF9 xyz9 efg jkl
            abc10 EDF10 xyz10 efg jkl abc11 EDF11 xyz11 efg jkl abc12 EDF12 xyz12 efg jkl
            abc13 EDF13 xyz13 efg jkl abc14 EDF14 xyz14 efg jkl abc15 EDF15 xyz15 efg jkl
            abc16 EDF16 xyz16 efg jkl abc17 EDF17 xyz17 efg jkl
            enddocument






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            • Probably cannot use for a journal but LuaLaTex solutions are very elegant. I will look at LuaTex some more for personal use, have not used it much before.

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

              – Mico
              1 hour ago

















            • Probably cannot use for a journal but LuaLaTex solutions are very elegant. I will look at LuaTex some more for personal use, have not used it much before.

              – Guido Jorg
              1 hour ago











            • @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

              – Mico
              1 hour ago
















            Probably cannot use for a journal but LuaLaTex solutions are very elegant. I will look at LuaTex some more for personal use, have not used it much before.

            – Guido Jorg
            1 hour ago





            Probably cannot use for a journal but LuaLaTex solutions are very elegant. I will look at LuaTex some more for personal use, have not used it much before.

            – Guido Jorg
            1 hour ago













            @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

            – Mico
            1 hour ago





            @GuidoJorg - Some, but certainly not all, journals by now allow LuaLaTeX in addition to pdfLaTeX.

            – Mico
            1 hour ago

















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