lrbox (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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### 20.6 `lrbox`

Synopsis:

    \begin{lrbox}{box-cmd}
      text
    \end{lrbox}

The text inside the environment is saved in the bin `box-cmd`. The box-cmd must begin with a backslash. You must create this bin in advance with `\newsavebox` (see \newsavebox). This is the environment form of the `\sbox` and `\savebox` commands, and is equivalent to them. See \sbox & \savebox for the full information.

In this example the environment is convenient for entering the `tabular`.

    \newsavebox{\jhbin}
    \begin{lrbox}{\jhbin}
      \begin{tabular}{c}
        \includegraphics[height=1in]{jh.png} \\
        Jim Hef{}feron
      \end{tabular}
    \end{lrbox}
      ...
    \usebox{\jhbin}

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