From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Use of return in dolist Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 13:44:20 +0300 Message-ID: References: <868qrv889h.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="9473"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.12 (2023-09-09) Cc: Heime , Joel Reicher , Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Eduardo Ochs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 02 11:45:17 2025 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tTIhZ-0002NW-MB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:45:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tTIgq-0003lc-MR; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:44:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tTIgm-0003lO-Lg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:44:29 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tTIgk-0007EZ-Gg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:44:27 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.75.183.103]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001BF34.0000000067766E07.00151382; Thu, 02 Jan 2025 03:44:22 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Eduardo Ochs , Heime , Joel Reicher , Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:149111 Archived-At: * Eduardo Ochs [2025-01-02 04:23]: > Try this too: > > ;; See: (info "(cl)Blocks and Exits") > (defun myinsert (o) (insert (format "\n%S" o))) > (dolist (i '(2 3 5)) (myinsert i)) 2 3 5 > (cl-block nil (dolist (i '(2 3 5 8)) (if (= i 5) (cl-return) (myinsert i)))) 2 3 I have tried the above by using M-e evaluation after M-x eev-beginner RET I am fan of `while`: ;; this one (let ((i '(2 3 5 8)) (no-go t)) (while no-go (let ((item (pop i))) (cond ((= item 5) (setq no-go nil)) (t (insert (format "\n%S" item))))))) 2 3 ;; Or this one: (let ((i '(2 3 5 8))) (while (and i (not (= (car i) 5))) (insert (format "\n%S" (car i))) (setq i (cdr i)))) 2 3 -- Jean Louis