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Re: [O] emacs-lisp babel won't print
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John Kitchin |
Subject: |
Re: [O] emacs-lisp babel won't print |
Date: |
Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:32:25 -0400 |
User-agent: |
mu4e 0.9.13; emacs 25.0.50.1 |
try:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results output
(print-elements-of-list animals)
#+END_SRC
the default results are value, and your function does not return
anything I think. It prints them to output.
Lawrence Bottorff writes:
> If I do this:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (setq animals '(gazelle giraffe lion tiger))
> #+END_SRC
>
> #+RESULTS:
> | gazelle | giraffe | lion | tiger |
>
> and then this
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (defun print-elements-of-list (list)
> "Print each element of LIST on a line of its own."
> (while list
> (print (car list))
> (setq list (cdr list))))
> #+end_src
>
> #+RESULTS:
> : print-elements-of-list
>
> and finally
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (print-elements-of-list animals)
> #+END_SRC
>
> I get nothing for results and "Code block produced no output." in Messages.
> Why can't it print out? Same code works fine in the IELM buffer.
>
> LB
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