I have had the compound error

> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
> \c@*
> l.7 \item t
> his way\item that way\item the other way\end{itemize*}.
> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
> \c@*
> l.7 \item this way\item t
> hat way\item the other way\end{itemize*}.
> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
> <to be read again>
> \c@*
> l.7 \item this way\item that way\item t
> he other way\end{itemize*}.

when testing the MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[inline]{enumitem}
\begin{document}
There are three ways to do this
\begin{itemize*}[label=\emph{\alph*}),itemjoin={{; }},
itemjoin*={{; or }}]
\item this way\item that way\item the other way\end{itemize*}.
\end{document}

I have used this setting for many years without problems, but it's
probably something so obvious I can't see it after a few bottles of the
very fine Trappist beers I was given recently :-)

This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999991 (TeX Live 2019/Debian)
(preloaded format=xelatex)
....
\ProvidesPackage{enumitem}[2019/06/20 v3.9 Customized lists]

Peter

Am Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:51:27 +0000 schrieb Peter Flynn:

> I have had the compound error
>
>> ! Missing number, treated as zero.

> when testing the MWE:

> \begin{itemize*}[label=\emph{\alph*}),itemjoin={{; }},

itemize environment don't have counters, so you can't use \alph*,
use \begin{enumerate*} instead.

--
Ulrike Fischer
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/

On 22/01/2023 22:56, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Am Sun, 22 Jan 2023 22:51:27 +0000 schrieb Peter Flynn:
>
>> I have had the compound error
>>
>>> ! Missing number, treated as zero.
>
>> when testing the MWE:
>
>> \begin{itemize*}[label=\emph{\alph*}),itemjoin={{; }},
>
> itemize environment don't have counters, so you can't use \alph*,
> use \begin{enumerate*} instead.

Duuh! Of course. I knew it would be something too obvious to notice.
Thank you!

P