montnaro@sprite.crd.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) (11/12/89)
I need a do-while construct in Emacs Lisp. The only thing I can think of is (catch 'loop (while t ... loopy stuff here ... (if exit-condition-met (throw 'loop t)))) Is that the logical way to do it? -- Skip Montanaro (montanaro@crdgw1.ge.com)
merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (11/13/89)
In article <MONTNARO.89Nov11111152@sprite.crd.ge.com>, montnaro@sprite (Skip Montanaro) writes: | I need a do-while construct in Emacs Lisp. The only thing I can think of is | | (catch 'loop | (while t | | ... loopy stuff here ... | | (if exit-condition-met | (throw 'loop t)))) | | Is that the logical way to do it? As usual, there are probably a zillion ways to do it. One that I like is: (while (progn body-1 body-2 ... body-n test-condition)) Works just fine. Just another Elisp hacker (when I'm not wailing on Perl), -- /== Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ====\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \== Cute Quote: "Welcome to Oregon... Home of the California Raisins!" ==/