(let ((a 1) (b (+ a 1)))
(message a))
This throws the error
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable a)
What’s the canonical way to do this?
(let ((a 1) (b (+ a 1))) (message a)) This throws the error Debugger
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(let ((a 1) (b (+ a 1)))
(message a))
This throws the error
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable a)
What’s the canonical way to do this?
The canonical way is to use
let*(also note that I added a%sformat string to yourmessageform):The
let*function allows you to reference other variables that have previously been defined.