From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Iinteractive function allowing multiple inputs Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:23:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <0VS89opghfIVza0HJtapyd3AphLQNkjO6mTtQjyChJ7nJdrBMpjSm885_br2tkVFaOyB2EjV6B1YuCL-3Fqm6glVfAtjdnjXMid0tFvPYEc=@protonmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32111"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:gJvjPdyNKfWuNUKko1bBsR249iw= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 09 22:24:00 2024 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 1tKlEV-0008FH-Dz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:23:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tKlE7-0002lz-H5; Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:23:35 -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 1tKlE4-0002kJ-0P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:23:32 -0500 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tKlE2-0007nD-Cg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:23:31 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tKlE0-0007mM-9I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:23:28 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -15 X-Spam_score: -1.6 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no 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:148730 Archived-At: > (defun my-multi-input-function (input1 input2 input3) > "An example function that takes three inputs and displays them." > (interactive > (list > (read-string "Enter the first input: ") > (read-string "Enter the second input: ") > (read-string "Enter the third input: "))) > (message "You entered: %s, %s, %s" input1 input2 input3)) [...] > Me personally, I don't like that style, I like using `let' and reading > what I need to read within function, while leaving (interactive) as it > is. The difference between the two is that the above code provides both a command and a function, whereas if you move the `read-string`s outside of the `interactive` form, then it can't really be used as a function any more. Whether it matters or not depends on the specifics. Stefan