Using numbers as part of Lilypond variable names - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

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Lemzwerg at 23:02, 21 November 2025

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:51:53Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	%% Often I would like to use numbers in Lilypond variable names		%% Often I would like to use numbers in Lilypond variable names
	%% for more clarity and a better overview.		%% for more clarity and a better overview.

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:44:57Z

Import snippet from LSR

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It is said that you cannot use numbers as part of Lilypond variable names. They are taken as durations.<br />
Here are possibilties to do so, anyway.<br />
Defining them in scheme or as a string.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
%% Often I would like to use numbers in Lilypond variable names
%% for more clarity and a better overview.
%% Numbers are allowed as a part of variable names in Scheme, but not in Lilypond.
%% They would be taken as durations.

%% Here are possibilties to use numbers anyway

%% As Scheme variable: fill in your music between #{ and #}
%% instead of backslash as prefix for reference
%% you use a dollar sign (not so bad at all ;-) )

%% With doublequotes: enclose your variablename with doublequotes and reference it
%% as usual with backslash

%% With newer versions a dotted syntax like: m.1 = ...
%% is possible, but may need some further development.

\paper { tagline = ##f }

#(define part1 #{ \relative c'' { a^\markup { This is part1 (defined as scheme variable) } e f e8 e } #} )
"part2" = \relative c'' { g_\markup { This is part2 (defined with doublequotes) } c d c8 c }

\markup
\column {
"The first piece of music is named part1, the second \"part2\""
\vspace #1
}

\score {
<<
\new Staff $part1
\new Staff \"part2"
>>
}

\score {
\new Staff %% you can omit \new Staff in newer Lilypond Versions
{
$part1
\bar "||"
\"part2"
}
}
</lilypond>

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