Re: Iterating over buffer lines

[Platon Pronko <platon7pronko@gmail.com>]

On 2023-06-17 06:19, Joshua Lambert wrote:
> I have created some functions that make changes to one buffer line of
> a csv file. Let's call those functions a, b and c. Each of those take
> one or more arguments. I want to create a separate interactive
> function that does what function a, b, and c do, but on every line of
> the region. I successfully created a function (act-on-region-by-line)
> to go through all lines in a region and then call function a, function
> b, or function c. But, It seems redundant to have multiple functions
> that have 9-15 lines similar and one line different, the one that
> specifies function a, b or c. What is the best way to be efficient in
> this situation?
> 
> I have attempted to pass function b as a parameter, but I am slow to
> understand how to do that. Is that the best way, or is there another?
> 
> Thanks,
> J Lambert
> 

It's a bit difficult to understand what the problem is without seeing the code. Can you show the code for your latest attempt?

Yes, passing function as a parameter seems to be the best way. And partial function application might be useful here as well.

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