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+ <h4 class="subsection">Examples of Using interactive</h4> <p>Here are some examples of <code>interactive</code>: </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">(defun foo1 () ; <span class="roman"><code>foo1</code> takes no arguments,</span>
+ (interactive) ; <span class="roman">just moves forward two words.</span>
+ (forward-word 2))
+ ⇒ foo1
+</pre>
+
+<pre class="example">(defun foo2 (n) ; <span class="roman"><code>foo2</code> takes one argument,</span>
+ (interactive "^p") ; <span class="roman">which is the numeric prefix.</span>
+ ; <span class="roman">under <code>shift-select-mode</code>,</span>
+ ; <span class="roman">will activate or extend region.</span>
+ (forward-word (* 2 n)))
+ ⇒ foo2
+</pre>
+
+<pre class="example">(defun foo3 (n) ; <span class="roman"><code>foo3</code> takes one argument,</span>
+ (interactive "nCount:") ; <span class="roman">which is read with the Minibuffer.</span>
+ (forward-word (* 2 n)))
+ ⇒ foo3
+</pre>
+
+<pre class="example">(defun three-b (b1 b2 b3)
+ "Select three existing buffers.
+Put them into three windows, selecting the last one."
+</pre>
+<pre class="example"> (interactive "bBuffer1:\nbBuffer2:\nbBuffer3:")
+ (delete-other-windows)
+ (split-window (selected-window) 8)
+ (switch-to-buffer b1)
+ (other-window 1)
+ (split-window (selected-window) 8)
+ (switch-to-buffer b2)
+ (other-window 1)
+ (switch-to-buffer b3))
+ ⇒ three-b
+</pre>
+<pre class="example">(three-b "*scratch*" "declarations.texi" "*mail*")
+ ⇒ nil
+</pre>
+</div><div class="_attribution">
+ <p class="_attribution-p">
+ Copyright &copy; 1990-1996, 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br>Licensed under the GNU GPL license.<br>
+ <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Interactive-Examples.html" class="_attribution-link">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Interactive-Examples.html</a>
+ </p>
+</div>