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diff --git a/devdocs/elisp/control-structures.html b/devdocs/elisp/control-structures.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..286bb2f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/devdocs/elisp/control-structures.html @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ + <h2 class="chapter">Control Structures</h2> <p>A Lisp program consists of a set of <em>expressions</em>, or <em>forms</em> (see <a href="forms">Forms</a>). We control the order of execution of these forms by enclosing them in <em>control structures</em>. Control structures are special forms which control when, whether, or how many times to execute the forms they contain. </p> <p>The simplest order of execution is sequential execution: first form <var>a</var>, then form <var>b</var>, and so on. This is what happens when you write several forms in succession in the body of a function, or at top level in a file of Lisp code—the forms are executed in the order written. We call this <em>textual order</em>. For example, if a function body consists of two forms <var>a</var> and <var>b</var>, evaluation of the function evaluates first <var>a</var> and then <var>b</var>. The result of evaluating <var>b</var> becomes the value of the function. </p> <p>Explicit control structures make possible an order of execution other than sequential. </p> <p>Emacs Lisp provides several kinds of control structure, including other varieties of sequencing, conditionals, iteration, and (controlled) jumps—all discussed below. The built-in control structures are special forms since their subforms are not necessarily evaluated or not evaluated sequentially. You can use macros to define your own control structure constructs (see <a href="macros">Macros</a>). </p> <table class="menu" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="sequencing" accesskey="1">Sequencing</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top">Evaluation in textual order. </td> +</tr> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="conditionals" accesskey="2">Conditionals</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top"> +<code>if</code>, <code>cond</code>, <code>when</code>, <code>unless</code>. </td> +</tr> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="combining-conditions" accesskey="3">Combining Conditions</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top"> +<code>and</code>, <code>or</code>, <code>not</code>, and friends. </td> +</tr> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="pattern_002dmatching-conditional" accesskey="4">Pattern-Matching Conditional</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top">How to use <code>pcase</code> and friends. </td> +</tr> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="iteration" accesskey="5">Iteration</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top"> +<code>while</code> loops. </td> +</tr> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="generators" accesskey="6">Generators</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top">Generic sequences and coroutines. </td> +</tr> <tr> +<td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="nonlocal-exits" accesskey="7">Nonlocal Exits</a> +</td> +<td> </td> +<td align="left" valign="top">Jumping out of a sequence. </td> +</tr> </table><div class="_attribution"> + <p class="_attribution-p"> + Copyright © 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/Control-Structures.html" class="_attribution-link">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Control-Structures.html</a> + </p> +</div> |