General ⇒ value of a variable?

[iranacre]

How to get a value of a variable? For example, I need to add vertical space of a size defined by \topsep. How do I do it?
Thanks

[gmedina]

Hi,

to get the value, use the \the command; i.e., use

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\the\topset

in the body of your document and compile.

Edit: but, of course, you can achieve the vertical skip without knowing the actual value, using

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\vspace{\topsep}    

[iranacre]

Thanks a lot