From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Passing a list to an interactive function Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 06:25:43 +0300 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19140"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs To: pietru@caramail.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 19 04:27:00 2020 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 1kqStY-0004qu-Ng for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:27:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46584 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kqStX-0003NC-Od for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:26:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kqSse-0003ML-9I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:26:04 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:51239) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kqSsb-0001LI-IV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:26:03 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.202.241.37]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E007.000000005FDD72C6.00005CDA; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:25:57 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:126552 Archived-At: * pietru@caramail.com [2020-12-19 05:06]: > Still very unsure what to do. I want to call "M-x thermoluminescence" > but pass six numbers to the function. > > (defun thermoluminesce (ta tb tlab tc td tlcd te tf tlef) > (interactive) ) > > Could I simply pass six numbers separated by spaces To make it less error prone, just do this: (defun thermoluminesce () (interactive) (let* ((list '()) ;; here you prepare empty list (list (dotimes (n 6 (reverse list)) (push (read-number (format "Enter number %s: " (1+ n))) list))) (ta (elt list 0)) (tb (elt list 1)) (tlab (elt list 2)) (tc (elt list 3)) (td (elt list 4)) (tlcd (elt list 5)) (te (elt list 6))) ;; continue here using variables ))