latex Counters, if statements and loops with latex Using loops in Tikz
Example
Loops are useful in Tikz.
The following code draws a clock without numbers:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{intcalc}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcounter{num}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\makeatletter
\setcounter{num}{1}
\newcounter{angle}
\draw (0,0) circle (3cm);
\@whilenum\value{num}<13\do{
\setcounter{angle}{360}
\multiply\value{angle} by \value{num}
\divide\value{angle} by 12
\ifnum \intcalcMod{\value{num}}{3}=0{
\draw[line width=4pt] (\theangle:2cm) -- (\theangle:3cm); }\else
{
\draw[line width=1pt] (\theangle:2.3cm) -- (\theangle:3cm);
}\fi
\addtocounter{num}{1}
}
\makeatother
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
The result:
