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Re: Using append to create a list from a line of text
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Christopher Schmidt |
Subject: |
Re: Using append to create a list from a line of text |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:05:11 +0100 (BST) |
acomber <deedexy@gmail.com> writes:
> I want to create a list of words from a line of text delimitted by
> tabs. I want to basically split the line into atoms, split by tab.
(save-restriction
(narrow-to-region (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))
(split-string (buffer-string) "\t+"))
> The code below is sort of pseudocode but is this the best approach to
> do this type of thing?
[...]
> How do I get my function to return the list, mylist?
M-: (info "(eintr)Top") RET
Christopher