From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Looping through arguments &rest Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:40:49 +0200 Message-ID: <874jmk65cu.fsf@gmx.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23791"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: uzibalqa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 03 23:41:39 2023 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 1qGRIh-00061J-7b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:41:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qGRI0-00065t-7a; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:40:56 -0400 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 1qGRHy-00065Z-NK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:40:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qGRHw-0008Mn-L6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:40:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=s31663417; t=1688420449; x=1689025249; i=stephen.berman@gmx.net; bh=tNCnExOPyVtpx1taddHGKUkHHoJ9A8GmVrFUvj3gHFc=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=e8HOCbMrJ9q5eMD3mqB1eaMgYnycQYc7Nv9bzAcekMIrI+tp8jUq4oG7Wy64rZy+IPXxe3W oTNfSRqCgwfxN+MOkWLEG2M7HYMUFKRhfSCMp5kMKe6oLWpFRy/vapwlMPimqOxCDZmine4cb Z3xZSm4EtEauZd374ydRiSSgJdL4foD2z9ppq+DfiuJaMkVDPQdgU49VAoToEQ73urJMdXud7 +SE9vSSvPcBPnvmp+YirguNWTR2zR49skzphiuDKNQEdRv1VUTfMVeSCScwNIeS6QkVgK8wOF vunlB5AHIpdz9oTRkJj9btEpu/AB4o8AbWZVXqeTGoPa5zBw56bA== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Original-Received: from strobelfssd ([94.134.196.66]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx004 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MBDjA-1qARGp2ohC-00Cm4X; Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:40:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: (uzibalqa@proton.me's message of "Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:32:25 +0000") X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:Md4HT9DzeUl5D/DQNNEDYy5X/ior9gdkqBkuZVdDrj9ypoo08/2 qGSudqKGL9K3/PzJMe2JDkrvBj1nF0bvwq+f5VVcDwBymJ2y0v/4RSS9p2bIBCkVl9ndIqp O6C8iF7tXCfuKMLPRQO7LTyHVdDj/1J+ObcJv1a0FpjYxwJAgPHREalbfYjt0R7SCZC9AVY fBzV6WjaNe8j3BukY+URw== UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:++JHYxcUFbs=;gfVYUISz1IP0nIRfPHxxYK789/B j2UTQJpOfe8d0Et6HU1a6Zh3haESmOWFX7PQkWLcsE0P9j5XCbK+1l77giRo8A4TfcU2IdqqL L0YXrEEGLzoZrkR+ipH3JcWkjKTJU1qEKR3722i53FPI0XXkbPSa6SMu2ECr4Fa+9F2xeor6w 3ZNLwzYvndvj8Ey+vPNcWM+2JuHz2HZuS0HUROoijzmFR8jDks3Dt87JnyN3hAKpJSshXhEkw 6KLPZ/m8tkPeSZ0S5kVA84wcHObdyJQiMos4f/g2z0slL2mYGTaxjf2/ZM+dOKQm08t3XI6Da 2mwkr2gkfWxF8TheVZ0ipwIW9S0O2YXoYXITMKRDzgeT5NeHq86Ps+vkLaW9VNNKP1mrO2brQ QilvMDUicX2CRZ7O55vjXx3NMAQp1Y2gznuTb2hcVLOwWtkJpHNPGtLKTyGNeoupPq8oaMHUs 45dTbhUlNAT++RwLIOuTuQdMkRUwZPuuhy321m4HdNeq1s9E2rlWI4OzUAKSkwPiAkLz50CuD qd4/jUR7zMg99WB+LqXPjVYG7Oo1EnugHhpVWwqfQZ3HyJEmdC5ZJnwcKdG5amiJv+x1OU9Jc 0GU9WulUSqFGXEjNU/D2hzWwnfukmmnihEQd1n9yB9E9oehMlZ8aG7cJWnz5N2GLDQ3CHPnA9 TekD0MZ3xSqSGY1fwYq8UFOOBIl+uAl3Tvc/HP67nGfflyhN+Bz0XRET0Lv1Ywo3mhU9wHULX 8f4m8yhRytnxuHMVd2lp5VQjIb4f9VXpLg3njcGX57Bs/F2Y7yGy76/w60iLE8SBc3SH7sUe Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.15.18; envelope-from=stephen.berman@gmx.net; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 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:144103 Archived-At: On Mon, 03 Jul 2023 20:32:25 +0000 uzibalqa wrote: > Why does "attach" keep "chart" nil > > (setq chart '()) > (setq entry1 '("A" "B" "C")) > (setq entry2 '("D" "E" "F")) > > (defun attach (chart &rest linsq) > "TODO" > (dolist (tbrow linsq) > (push tbrow chart))) The argument `chart' is local to the function `attach', changing it within the function has no effect on the global variable `chart'. Also, `dolist' without a RESULT argument returns nil, so either add `chart' as RESULT or make `chart' the last line in the function body so it will be the return value. > I want to have the equivalent to > > (push entry1 chart) > (push entry2 chart) Set the value of the global variable `chart' to the result of calling `attach' (modified as above). Steve Berman