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I used the following construct quite often:


But when I try to adjust the size a small bit, like this:


I get

! Package calc Error: `.' invalid at this point.

What am I doing wrong?

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The calc package allows only division by integers or by reals which are announced as \real: so


will do, but


works as well, doesn't require calc and is faster.

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Thanks! I really should read a bit about TeX syntax - because this was not very obvious. –  Rogach Apr 23 '12 at 7:44
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You can use

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