% This macro source file is from the four volume series

% This macro source file is from the four volume series
% "TeX in Practice" by Stephan von Bechtolsheim, published
% 1993 by Springer-Verlag, New York.
% Copyright 1993 Stephan von Bechtolsheim.
% No warranty or liability is assumed.
% This macro may be copied freely if no fees other than
% media cost or shipping charges are charged and as long
% as this copyright and the following source code itself
% is not changed. Please see the series for further information.
%
% Version: 1.0
% Date: May 1, 1993
%
%
% This source code is documented in 27.1.1, p. III-397.
% Original source in file "macros7.TEX", starting line 37.
\wlog{L: "printast.tip" ["macros7.TEX," l. 37, p. III-397]}%
% This file DOES belong to format "texip."
\newcount\AstCount
\def\PrintAsterisk #1{%
\AstCount = #1
\ifnum\AstCount < 0
\errmessage{\string\PrintAsterisk: negative counter.}%
\AstCount = 0
\fi
\PrintAsteriskRec
}
\def\PrintAsteriskRec{%
*%
\advance\AstCount by -1
\ifnum\AstCount = 0
\let\next = \relax
\else
\let\next = \PrintAsteriskRec
\fi
\next
}