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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 8-5-24 on page I-644 in "Transformations and other operations".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See https://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{111.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}  \usepackage{tikz}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\foreach \x/\y/\z in {apple/red/ok?} { �� �� �� } (fine)      \par
\foreach \i/\j/\k in {apple/red/ok?} { �� �� �� } (surprise!)
\end{document}