Re: problem with elisp

[Joost Kremers]

Seweryn Kokot wrote:
> Could you explain to me why the following function doesn't work in the first

define "doesn't work". what does happen?

> (defun my-swap-string (string-a string-b)
>   (interactive "sFirst string to swap: \nsSecond string to swap: ")
>   (save-excursion  
>       (let ((string-temp (make-temp-name ""))) ; this doesn't work

include the line

(message "%s" string-temp)

right after the let, and see what string-temp is set to.

FWIW your code works fine for me with make-temp-name...


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