Re: Need read-number function

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From: reingold
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1990 17:41

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Here is the best suggestion I received (from Dale Worley):

(defun read-integer (prompt)
  "Read an integer from the minibuffer, prompting with PROMPT."
  (let ((value))
    (while (not (integerp value))
      (setq value (read-minibuffer prompt)))
    value))

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Subject: Re: Need read-number function
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