Re: Newbie: references in elisp

[Andreas Roehler]

Pawel wrote:

> Hallo group members!
> I want my function return one than one element. I C I do it
> using references. Is there something like reference in elisp?
> .. or maybe I should use lists with some additional trick?
> 
> regards
> Pawel

;; Just one possibility:

(setq my-list '("a" "b" "c"))

(car my-list) => "a"

(defun one-by-one (my-list) 
  "This is an example"
  (let ((many my-list))
  (while many
    (insert (car many))
    (setq many (cdr many)))))

(one-by-one my-list) => abc

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Andreas Roehler