From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: elisp: how to pass a list argument to defun Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:03:37 +0200 Organization: University Koblenz-Landau Campus Koblenz Message-ID: <87r719tx52.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1151491244 20361 80.91.229.2 (28 Jun 2006 10:40:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 28 12:40:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FvXT1-00066V-PF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:40:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FvXT1-000452-62 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 06:40:19 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.aset.psu.edu!news.glorb.com!newsgate.cistron.nl!transit.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsfeeder.wxs.nl!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!cache.uni-koblenz.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp152.uni-koblenz.de Original-X-Trace: cache.uni-koblenz.de 1151489017 22627 141.26.71.152 (28 Jun 2006 10:03:37 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@cache.uni-koblenz.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:03:37 +0000 (UTC) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAHlBMVEW2mhm2pFDMpxrLtFfm xi7pz2S+to/Et5D26aD9/fUdwYXpAAAACXBIWXMAAAsSAAALEgHS3X78AAAATnRFWHRSYXcgcHJv ZmlsZSB0eXBlIGV4aWYACmV4aWYKICAgICAgMjAKNDU3ODY5NjYwMDAwNGQ0ZDAwMmEwMDAwMDAw ODAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMAqJuBZbAAAACXZwQWcAAAAwAAAAMADO7oxXAAABQUlEQVQ4y5XTsW7CMBAG YDcCNWwslcIWEAPMXcoWVSCFrUJFSjZW3qDdEgKqb4uVurl729pUbWXnMnCSl/t08umXLeivLiAG 6yQYCyEKc/5hnHtQwJvto1h4cAjvwMCXDyiCeGRAVS4c21kwCy1IF6piM3sODEh0oRD7+WsMSO8+ DCDFOIowx9SFBQIm4r4C3DpwyhugczANoHVBQwv4Ge8GoF1AklTL9WlIyo8kwmK1v2xI+SGCehmR lh1AKE82EtIeKDk8/wC5UO9SzYMAvMLFhzng0qxATz6khFsLkQc6s12cdMDWFTLiXokG2vJgL+Kg JMwZOOKeNAeTKqWGAVwlIxNuF1SWLFmoZQwslHpK1DLwYDay1YHwTCy0qwZYUFDyEzV88PD4+wt9 CPsg6oEm7wEFt4KmHpB9QH0At018A2QYWlCP5OJHAAAAGnpUWHRKUEVHLUNvbG9yc3BhY2UAAHja MwIAADMAMxEWfmMAAAAnelRYdEpQRUctU2FtcGxpbmctZmFjdG9ycwAAeNozqjDSMawwBGEAEYMC 6WQPG2IAAAAASUVORK5CYII= User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wvK781tTybeTQLxqz01Wt2denM0= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:140079 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35702 Archived-At: "lalit mohan tripathi" writes: Hi! > (defun process-list-fn (list02, a, b, c) > "This function prints the list02, a, b, c." > (print list02) > (print a) > (print b) > (print c)) > > (setq list01 '("abc" "def" "xyz")) > (process-list-fn list01 10 20 30) > > But I get the following error: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable list02) Lisp doesn't know the variable `list02', but it knows `list02,'. ;-) In Lisp you don't separate the parameters with comma. Remove them and you'll be fine. Bye, Tassilo -- VI VI VI - The Roman Number Of The Beast