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The Craft of Emacs

Pairs: car and cdr

1 hour

Here’s a copy of the code you’ve written:

(defunxx
()
(interactive)
(get-buffer-create"*xx*")
(switch-to-buffer"*xx*")
(erase-buffer)
(xx--insert-line"Skeins")
(xx--insert-line"======")
(let*
(
(strands
(xx--read-positive"No. strands: ")
)
(colours
(xx--read-colours)
)
(stitches
(seq-map'xx--read-stitchescolours)
)
(num-skeins-function
(lambda
(count)
(xx--num-skeinsstrandscount)
)
)
(num-skeins
(seq-mapnum-skeins-functionstitches)
)
(total-num-skeins
(apply'+num-skeins)
)
)
(xx--insert-line
(concat"No. strands: "
(number-to-stringstrands)
)
)
(xx--insert-line
(concat"Total no. skeins: "
(number-to-stringtotal-num-skeins)
)
)
(seq-mapn
(lambda
(colournum)
(xx--insert-line
(concat"No. "colour" skeins : "
(number-to-stringnum)
)
)
)
coloursnum-skeins)
)
)
(defunxx--read-stitches
(colour)
(xx--read-positive
(concat"How many stitches are "colour"? ")
)
)
(defunxx--insert-line
(text)
(inserttext)
(newline)
)
(defunxx--num-skeins
(strandsstitches)
(ceiling
(/
(float
(*strandsstitches)
)
4800.0)
)
)
(defunxx--read-positive
(prompt)
(let
(
(input
(read-numberprompt)
)
)
(if
(and
(integerpinput)
(>input0)
)
input
(message"Enter an integer greater than 0.")
(sit-for1)
(xx--read-positiveprompt)
)
)
)
(defunxx--read-colours
()
(let
(
(colour
(read-string"What colour is the thread? ")
)
)
(if
(string-blank-pcolour)
nil
(conscolour
(xx--read-colours)
)
)
)
)
xx.el