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* Possible to access previous arg in `interactice' call?
@ 2014-08-02 12:15 Thorsten Jolitz
  2014-08-02 16:29 ` Drew Adams
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From: Thorsten Jolitz @ 2014-08-02 12:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs


Hi List, 

in this example, is there a way to access num1 while reading num2?

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun foo (num1 num2)
   (interactive
      (list
         (read-number "Num1: ")
         (+ (read-number "Num2: ") num1)))
   (message "num1: %s\nnum2: %s" num1 num2))
#+end_src

#+results:
: foo

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
 (call-interactively 'foo)
#+end_src

-> list: Symbol's value as variable is void: num1

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten




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* RE: Possible to access previous arg in `interactice' call?
  2014-08-02 12:15 Possible to access previous arg in `interactice' call? Thorsten Jolitz
@ 2014-08-02 16:29 ` Drew Adams
  2014-08-02 17:36   ` Thorsten Jolitz
       [not found]   ` <mailman.6474.1407001032.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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From: Drew Adams @ 2014-08-02 16:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thorsten Jolitz, help-gnu-emacs

>    (interactive (list (read-number "Num1: ")
>                       (+ (read-number "Num2: ") num1)))
> 
> -> list: Symbol's value as variable is void: num1

Bind the value returned by the first `read-number' to a local
variable, and use that.

(interactive
  (let ((n1  (read-number "Num1: ")))
    (list n1 (+ (read-number "Num2: ") n1))))



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* Re: Possible to access previous arg in `interactice' call?
  2014-08-02 16:29 ` Drew Adams
@ 2014-08-02 17:36   ` Thorsten Jolitz
       [not found]   ` <mailman.6474.1407001032.1147.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
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From: Thorsten Jolitz @ 2014-08-02 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>>    (interactive (list (read-number "Num1: ")
>>                       (+ (read-number "Num2: ") num1)))
>> 
>> -> list: Symbol's value as variable is void: num1
>
> Bind the value returned by the first `read-number' to a local
> variable, and use that.
>
> (interactive
>   (let ((n1  (read-number "Num1: ")))
>     (list n1 (+ (read-number "Num2: ") n1))))

That works, thanks!

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten




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* Re: Possible to access previous arg in `interactice' call?
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@ 2014-08-02 20:57     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2014-08-02 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com> writes:

> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>>>    (interactive (list (read-number "Num1: ")
>>>                       (+ (read-number "Num2: ") num1)))
>>> 
>>> -> list: Symbol's value as variable is void: num1
>>
>> Bind the value returned by the first `read-number' to a local
>> variable, and use that.
>>
>> (interactive
>>   (let ((n1  (read-number "Num1: ")))
>>     (list n1 (+ (read-number "Num2: ") n1))))
>
> That works, thanks!

Indeed.  Remember that the point of the interactive _declaration_, is to
be able to get the argument _before_ the function is called.  Therefore
the parameters are not bound yet!

Declaration means that it's not _executed_ in the body of the command
It declares some behavior that is used before the command is called.

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                 http://www.informatimago.com/
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a
dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to
keep the man from touching the equipment.” -- Carl Bass CEO Autodesk


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