Line breaks in format control string

From: Pascal Bourguignon <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:02:08 +0200

Raffael Cavallaro <raffaelcavallaro@pas-d'espam-s'il-vous-plait-mac.com> writes:

On 2006-03-30 10:04:56 -0500, mmcconnell17704@xxxxxxxxx said:

(do ((y 1971 (1+ y)))
((= y 1992))
(format t "~&I should have just had the guts to ask her out that day
in ~D." y))
Now someone write it with loop.

?
(loop for y from 1971 below 1992 do (format t "~&I should have just
had the guts to ask her out that day
in ~D." y))

(assuming you meant for the line break to be there and it isn't just
an artifact of your newsreader)

otherwise:

(loop for y from 1971 below 1992
do (format t
"~&I should have just had the guts to ask her out that day in ~D." y))
;; there's no line break in this ^^^ string

(loop for y from 1971 below 1992
do (format t "~&I should have just had the guts ~
to ask her out that day in ~D." y))
;; and neither in that string ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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