| Re: Elisp: Simple function to Add Two Numbers |
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Group: gnu.emacs.help · Group Profile
Author: Pascal BourguignonPascal Bourguignon Date: Aug 27, 2006 14:55
Hadron Quark gmail.com> writes:
> Edward Dodge writes:
>
>> Please,
>>
>> Why do I get "wrong number of arguments" every time I try to run this simple,
>> straight-forward code?
>>
>> (defun ekd-average (jabba wabba)
>> "Adds two numbers and returns the sum."
>> (interactive "nFirstvar: \nn Secondvar: \nr")
>> ( + jabba wabba))
>>
>
> As a fellow beginner I would say its because you havent properly
> specified your second argument string in the interactive
> statement. Check whitespace.
The whitespaces don't matter, as long as they're not just after a
newline. The problem is that there are two newlines with three
characters specifying a total of four interactive arguments: n, n and r.
(r gives two arguments, start and end of region).
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