quick question

[allanp]

i was carrying out a lisp routine as per a tutorial and when i went to load the file i got an error message
"malformed list on input" can anybody explain what this means

Thanks
Allan

[hendie]

you've missed a parenthesis ~ "(" or ")" ~ somewhere in your routine.
each ( should have a matching ) to balance it.

[allanp]

Heres everything ive typed in can anyone see anything wrong

(defun testline ()
;define the function

(setq a (getpoint "\nEnter First Point : "))
;get the first point

(setq b (getpoint "\nEnter Second Point : "))
;get the second point

(command "Line" a b "")
;draw the line

) ;end defun


thanks
Allan

[David Bethel]

I don't see anything wrong:

http://www.davidbethel.com/0-talkg/testline.htm



(defun testline (/ a b)
;define the function

(initget 1)
(setq a (getpoint "\nEnter First Point : "))
;get the first point

(initget 1)
(setq b (getpoint b "\nEnter Second Point : "))
;get the second point

(command "_.Line" a b "")
;draw the line

) ;end defun



I would how ever and some code for local variables and forced inputs. -David