Loop in latex

When exporting lots of results, it can be interesting to see them all at once, in a latex document for example. If there are more than 3 results, it can be cumbersome to write 3 \includegraphics commands (for example). One solution is to use the tikz package as follow:

\foreach \x in {Australia, Austria, Belgium}

{

\begin{figure}[h] \centering

\includegraphics[scale = .5]{rates_\x.pdf}

\caption{\x}

\label{fig:\x} \end{figure}

\clearpage

}

This code include the figures named rates_Australia, rates_Austria and rates_Belgium. The \x stands for the local variable.

Note that the \clearpage is very important: latex cannot deal with too many floating elements (such as figures). If the loop has less than about 10 elements, it is not necessary.