From: PJ Weisberg <pj@irregularexpressions.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: If clause depending on name of the day
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:05:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJsNXTnm1txmt=nyT5YPu4+roTSpjs=AwOqaVAM97Fc=1-n2MQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87limc6289.fsf@kvarnholmen.matholka.se>
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Lars Ljung <lars@matholka.se> wrote:
> "Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld@gmx.ch> writes:
>> Is it possible to have an if-condition that looks for the current day?
>> So that the then-expression does something different on Tuesday than on
>> Friday?
>
> (nth 6 (decode-time)) returns 0-6 for Sunday-Saturday.
So you could do something like this:
(require 'cl)
(case (nth 6 (decode-time))
(0
(message "Today is Sunday"))
((1 3 5)
(message "Today is Monday, Wednesday, or Friday"))
(2
(message "Today is Tuesday"))
(t
(message "It's some other day.")))
-PJ
Gehm's Corollary to Clark's Law: Any technology distinguishable from
magic is insufficiently advanced.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-03 20:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-03 19:16 If clause depending on name of the day Sven Bretfeld
2012-04-03 19:32 ` Lars Ljung
2012-04-03 19:57 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-03 20:05 ` PJ Weisberg [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.462.1333483518.20052.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-04-03 21:03 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
[not found] <mailman.458.1333480607.20052.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-04-03 19:50 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-04-03 20:58 ` Sven Bretfeld
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