Visual LISP, AutoLISP and General Customization

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Ahh, I think the light is starting to come on 

I do have another question though...

Is it possible to have a base list and pull pieces from it to create a popup list?

i.e.  (setq list  '("1" "2" "3" "4" "5"......"20"))

and then later

(start_list "lst1")

  (cond

    if a add "1" "2" "3"

    if b add "5" "6" "9" "10" ?

can't figure out if there is a way to combine the mapcar and nth functions or if i need something else all together. 

[#2]

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aesh wrote:

Ahh, I think the light is starting to come on 

I do have another question though...

Is it possible to have a base list and pull pieces from it to create a popup list?

i.e.  (setq list  '("1" "2" "3" "4" "5"......"20"))

and then later

(start_list "lst1")

  (cond

    if a add "1" "2" "3"

    if b add "5" "6" "9" "10" ?

can't figure out if there is a way to combine the mapcar and nth functions or if i need something else all together. 

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You would want to step-through the "master list" (using nth or FOREACH) to create sub-lists.

Use CONS to create the sub-lists. Study up on FOREACH and CONS.

The CONS does have a small drawback - the elements of the list are reversed.

I'm sure you do not want the popup to display this way?

First create the individual variable(s), then mapcar 'add_list the variable.

(setq a nil b nil) ;just to show you that a and b can be nil to start.

(foreach x list

 (if [whatever] (cons x a))

 (if [whatever] (cons x b))

);foreach

(reverse a)

(reverse b)

Hope this helps.