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Re: repeating input with different outputs


From: Pascal J. Bourguignon
Subject: Re: repeating input with different outputs
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:25:02 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux)

ishi soichi <soichi777@gmail.com> writes:

> I have a question about typing (or programming, or maybe a macro).
>
> Say, I'm writing a text (which can be in any mode, html-mode, cpp-mode, or 
> whatever)
>
> I would like to input likeĀ 
>
> chapter 4.1
> chapter 4.2
> chapter 4.3
> ...
>
> chapter 4.46
>
> So, it is very tedious. I would rather set up a program or a command that can 
> do this job instantaneously.
>
> Could Emacs do this?

Type:

(require 'cl) C-x C-e
(loop for i from 1 to 46 do (insert (format "chapter 4.%d\n" i))) C-x C-e



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