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From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
Subject: Re: Checking whether a list contains a particular element
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:19:05 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d0bd$44ba9f45$49f11c5$2580@DIALUPUSA.NET> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.4145.1153076026.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org


"Peter Dyballa" <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote in message
news:mailman.4145.1153076026.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> Hello!
>
> How can I check whether load-path contains a particular path (so that
> I could add it if necessary)?
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete

Since load-path variable is a list of strings, you could try:

(setq my-path "x:/my/subdir")
(setq found (car (member-ignore-case my-path load-path))
(if (not found) ;; do whatever )

Ed.

>
> Real Time, adj.:
> Here and now, as opposed to fake time, which only occurs there and then.
>
>
>
>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-07-16 20:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.4145.1153076026.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-07-16 19:22 ` Checking whether a list contains a particular element Barry Margolin
2006-07-17  9:17   ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]   ` <mailman.4170.1153127856.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-07-17  9:22     ` David Kastrup
2006-07-16 20:19 ` B. T. Raven [this message]
2006-07-17  7:57 ` Tim X
2006-07-16 18:53 Peter Dyballa

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