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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Defining an array in a let clause.
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:54:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83v8mq80yv.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nEQCt0gOOuqaonJc1V0-TBmo_kI_wqBJ2pHpcO2y7hzWmDe7EQgPD_3ZSQC_cPKy076poHqWp2npF8hrv9t0ItZnYQZ7JHFXZI_6BGhuvlU=@protonmail.com> (message from Heime on Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:40:44 +0000)

> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:40:44 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> 
> 
> How can I set up an array of five elements in a let clause.
> 
>   (let ( (ss (nth 0 (decode-time)))    ; seconds
>          (mm (nth 1 (decode-time)))    ; minutes
>          (hh (nth 2 (decode-time)))    ; hours
>          (us (nth 2 (current-time)))   ; microsecond
>          (ps (nth 3 (current-time)))   ; picosecond
>          (lc (make-array '(5))) )

There are no arrays in Emacs.  Do you mean vector? if so use the function
'vector' to construct a vector.  If, OTOH, you want a list, use the function
'list' instead.



  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-05 12:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-05 11:40 Defining an array in a let clause Heime
2022-12-05 12:54 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-12-05 13:56   ` Heime
2022-12-05 14:42     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-12-05 18:12       ` Eduardo Ochs
2022-12-05 19:42 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-05 20:01   ` Heime
2022-12-05 21:44 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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