Thank you for your help Alex & pd. I will use fill, it's simple.
-------- Original Message -------- On 14 Jan 2018 7:51 am, PositronPro wrote: > Hi, all > > I want the below code to return > 2nd & 1st list element from the argument provided to the describe-path > function but it returns NIL in their place. > > (de describe-path (Path) > '(1st text `(cadr Path) 2nd text `(car Path) 3rd text.) ) > > #run the function > (describe-path '(first second third)) > -> 1st text NIL 2nd text NIL 3rd text > #output has NIL? > > But below code works fine > (setq newList '(1st 2nd 3rd)) > '(some text `(car newList) more text `(cadr newList) end text) > -> some text 1st more text 2nd end text > > The describe-path function is a rough translation of the code below > > (defun describe-path (path) `(there is a ,(second path) going ,(first path) > from here -)) > > (describe-path '(west door garden)) > ==> (there is a door going west from here -) > > http://www.lisperati.com/casting-spels-emacs/html/casting-spels-emacs-16.html > > Some help will be appreciated. > Thanks in advance.
